Vector Borne Diseases

01/01/2018 - "Vaccines have been shown to be highly effective against vector-borne diseases. "
01/01/2022 - "Vector-borne diseases represent a real threats worldwide, in reason of the lack of vaccine and cure for some diseases. "
01/21/2019 - "Focusing on the 'micro'⁻from microenvironments to microbiomes to microneedles⁻may yield an improved generation of vector-borne disease vaccines in today's increasingly complex world."
06/28/2023 - "Over the last decades, unimaginable amounts of money have gone into research and development of vector control measures, repellents, treatment, and vaccines for vector borne diseases. "
01/01/2023 - "Due to the absence of effective vaccines for most arbovirus, insect control was the main strategy for vector-borne diseases control. "

12/13/2021 - "Insecticides have played a major role in the prevention, control, and elimination of vector-borne diseases, but insecticide resistance threatens the efficacy of available vector control tools. "
09/01/2018 - "Combating serious vector-borne diseases requires the use of insecticides effective against both humans and the ecosystem. "
07/01/2017 - "The study results could be used in characterizing the resistance mechanisms in vectors and for suggesting alternative chemical insecticide based resistance management strategies for effective vector-borne disease control."
11/01/2023 - "Molecular surveillance of resistance is an increasingly important part of vector borne disease control programmes that utilise insecticides. "
09/08/2023 - "Insecticides are critical for controlling mosquito populations and mitigating the spread of vector-borne disease, but their overuse has selected for resistant populations. "

03/10/2021 - "The results of the study indicate that keds can be used as biological markers for investigating the prevalence of vector-borne diseases in the population of free-ranging cervids."
01/01/2013 - "The analysis of humoral responses directed against the saliva of blood-sucking arthropods was shown to provide epidemiological biomarkers of human exposure to vector-borne diseases. "
01/01/2021 - "Early biomarkers of the response to treatment are lacking and may help to reduce mortality by the vector-borne disease visceral leishmaniasis (VL). "
01/01/2023 - "Therefore, this review aims to introduce several miRNAs derived from exosomal plasma that may potentially serve as a disease biomarker due to the body's immune response, with special focus on the early detection of vector-borne diseases."
01/01/2023 - "Plasma-derived exosomal miRNA as potential biomarker for diagnosis and prognosis of vector-borne diseases: A review."

07/25/2018 - "These results give insights to understand the long-term efficacy of the most used mosquito repellent, and highlight that DEET induces deleterious effects on mosquito fitness in addition to repellency, potentially increasing its efficacy for controlling vector-borne diseases."
06/03/2014 - "With over 48 million European residents travelling to regions where vector borne diseases are a threat in 2009, restricting the concentration of DEET containing repellents to 15% or less, as modelled in the 2010 EU directive, is likely to result in extensive sub-therapeutic activity where repellents are infrequently applied. "
01/01/2009 - "Mosquito nets, wearing appropriate clothes and repellents containing DEET (diethyl toluamide) can reduce number of bites and protect also from the other vector-borne diseases like malaria or dengue. "
09/15/2009 - "In addition to implementing behavioral adaptations, travelers can guard against vectorborne disease by using N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET, 30%), a safe and effective insect repellent. "
05/01/2015 - "The Raised Potential for Vector-Borne Diseases in European Travelers Following the EU's Biocide Directive on DEET Dosing."

01/01/2019 - "We anticipate that this discovery will significantly aid insect repellent research and provide novel targets for the development of innovative integrated pest management programs and personal protection strategies for ectoparasites and vector-borne disease."
04/01/2014 - "The use of insect repellents, bed nets and repellent impregnated uniforms by the troops should be ensured for protection from vector borne diseases."
03/16/2011 - "Insect repellents are prophylactic tools against a number of vector-borne diseases. "
01/01/2016 - "Further studies evaluating the effects of other arboviral infections on insect repellents activity are necessary in order to provide better recommendation on the prevention of vector-borne disease transmission."
01/01/2018 - "Insect repellents are widely used to fend off nuisance mosquitoes and, more importantly, to reduce or eliminate mosquito bites in areas where viruses and other vector-borne diseases are circulating. "

05/01/2009 - "The best results of the prediction study are presented, and may help lead to the discovery of new synthetic peptides or derivatives of defensins that could be useful in the control of vector-borne diseases."

05/01/2009 - "The best results of the prediction study are presented, and may help lead to the discovery of new synthetic peptides or derivatives of defensins that could be useful in the control of vector-borne diseases."

09/21/2012 - "Here we conduct a comparative analysis of the efficacy of different types of biological control agents in controlling vector-borne diseases. "
06/01/2018 - "Wolbachia, a naturally endosymbiotic bacteria, has shown its potential as one of biological control agents for vector borne diseases. "
01/01/2013 - "The ability of Wolbachia to both induce pathogen interference and spread into mosquito vector populations makes it possible to develop Wolbachia as a biological control agent for vector-borne disease control. "
03/01/2009 - "The lines of research made possible by the qPCR assays described here will contribute to optimization of fungal biopesticides against malaria and other vector-borne diseases."
02/01/1993 - "Because of problems with drug and insecticide resistance, the National Organization for the Control of Malaria and other Vectorborne Diseases, Ethiopia, has embarked on a programme of research on alternative malaria control methods, including the use of biological control agents, such as larvivorous fish. "

01/01/2019 - "Although pesticide application serves many important purposes, including protection against crop loss and against vector-borne diseases, there are significant concerns over the potential toxic effects of pesticides to non-target organisms, including humans. "
08/01/2017 - "Vector-borne diseases have increased pesticide use in urban areas (UA) and agricultural areas (AA) in Mexico. "
06/01/2001 - "The competing public health concerns of vector-borne disease and vector control strategies, particularly pesticide use, are inherently subjective and difficult to balance. "
09/18/2014 - "Strengthening public health pesticide management in countries endemic with malaria or other major vector-borne diseases: an evaluation of three strategies."
05/14/2011 - "Status of pesticide management in the practice of vector control: a global survey in countries at risk of malaria or other major vector-borne diseases."

01/16/2006 - "This approach can help to identify DTH inducing proteins that may be related to host protection against vector-borne diseases or other disease agents where cellular immune response is protective."
10/01/2020 - "A batch of 81.1 % of tsetse fly proteins could be determined homology in mosquito genome, suggesting their probable similar mechanisms in vector-borne diseases. "
05/22/2023 - "This generates pertinent knowledge for the design of Cry11 proteins and their biotechnological applications in vector-borne disease control and cancer cell lines."
01/01/2021 - "The ability of a modified NEGV to drive the expression of antiviral proteins also highlights a method for negeviruses to target specific pathogens and limit the incidence of vector-borne diseases."

01/01/2008 - "Insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) are effective in preventing nocturnally transmitted vector-borne diseases, but their effect on diurnally active dengue vectors has never been studied. "
01/01/2022 - "Among the most effective strategies for the prevention of vector-borne diseases are those aimed at reducing human-vector interactions, such as insecticide applications and insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs). "
04/01/2020 - "Persistent insecticides sprayed onto house walls, and incorporated into insecticide-treated bednets, provide long-acting, cost-effective control of vector-borne diseases such as malaria and leishmaniasis. "
03/01/2008 - "The study assessed the operational feasibility and acceptability of insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) in one Primary Health Centre (PHC) in a falciparum malaria endemic district in the state of Orissa, India, where 74% of the people are tribes and DDT indoor residual spraying had been withdrawn and ITNs introduced by the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme. "

09/10/2021 - "Due to poor safety profiles and efficacy of currently available therapeutics, prevention is a priority for the millions living at risk for acquiring this clinically important vector-borne disease. "
03/22/2021 - "Because of absence of effective therapy and vaccination to treat and prevent such vector-borne diseases, these initial cases have triggered strong concerns within medical communities, turning a bad dream into reality. "
02/01/2017 - "Data collected included signalment, presenting complaints, haematologic and biochemical profiles, vector-borne disease testing, thoracic and abdominal radiographs, abdominal ultrasound, medications administered, duration of hospitalisation, 30- and 60-day survival, adverse events and cost of therapy. "
09/01/2011 - "The detection and therapy of canine vector-borne diseases in imported dogs are of major importance in small animal practice. "
01/01/2013 - "This fundamental gap in knowledge presents a concern because new therapeutics are needed to control vector-borne diseases, and targeting the ubiquitin machinery as a means for disease intervention has been already adopted in the clinic. "

08/01/2005 - "In Uganda, control of vector-borne diseases is mainly in form of vector control, and chemotherapy. "
06/01/2013 - "African trypanosomiases, including the human disease referred to as 'sleeping sickness' and the animal diseases such as nagana, surra and dourine, are neglected vector-borne diseases that after years of research still need improved diagnosis and chemotherapy. "
06/01/2008 - "In a climate of increased funding for vaccines, chemotherapy, and prevention of vector-borne diseases, fewer resources have been directed toward improving disease and vector surveillance. "
01/01/2015 - "Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease that affects several populations worldwide, against which there are no vaccines available and the chemotherapy is highly toxic. "
11/15/2022 - "Malaria remains a major vector borne disease claiming millions of lives worldwide due to infections caused by Plasmodium sp. Discovery and development of antimalarial drugs have previously been dominated majorly by single drug therapy. "

11/15/2016 - "Malaria, a parasite vector-borne disease, is one of the most significant health threats in tropical regions, despite the availability of individual chemoprophylaxis. "
02/12/2016 - "Malaria, a parasite vector-borne disease, is one of the biggest health threats in tropical regions, despite the availability of malaria chemoprophylaxis. "
11/10/2015 - "Malaria, a parasite vector-borne disease, is one of the greatest health threats in tropical regions, despite the availability of malaria chemoprophylaxis. "
06/01/2010 - "On the military training facility of Tekong Island, Singapore, a comprehensive vector-borne disease control program was started in end-2006 to reduce mosquito populations and negate the need for anti-malaria chemoprophylaxis. "
02/01/2001 - "Issues to cover: the diagnosis, staging, and stabilization of HIV infection and its sequelae; adequacy of the supply of medications currently used; optimal sources of medical care in planned destinations; potential HIV-related legal restrictions on travel; special risks associated with the medical geography of the traveler's route and planned activities; the need to avoid food-, water-, and vector-borne diseases; any appropriate vaccination, chemoprophylaxis, and antimicrobial agents; and arrangement for adequate medical follow-up upon the traveler's return."

10/01/2021 - "CD is a vector-borne disease transmitted by triatomines, but CD can also be transmitted through blood transfusions, organ transplants, T. "
05/01/2013 - "[The expansion of vector-borne diseases and the implications for blood transfusion safety: The case of West Nile Virus, dengue and chikungunya]."
01/01/2020 - "Malaria is an infectious vector-borne disease with other important routes of transmission, such as blood transfusion and organ/tissue transplantation, due to asymptomatic reservoirs of Plasmodium presenting with low parasitemia. "
03/13/2017 - "DNA samples were analyzed by two polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests to detect a partial sequence of the 18S rRNA gene of Hepatozoon spp. and Cytauxzoon spp. In order to evaluate possible associations between infection by these protozoans and epidemiological or clinical parameters, data were collected related to: the season of sample collection, age, gender, spayed/neutered status, breed, living area, lifestyle, outdoor access, contact with other animals, prey on wild animals, history of tick or flea infestation, travel history, ectoparasiticide treatment, previous blood transfusion, previous tetracycline administration in the last 60 days, Feline Leukemia virus (FeLV) and Feline Immunodeficiency virus (FIV) status, positivity to other vector-borne diseases, the presence or absence of clinical signs and hematological or biochemical alterations. "