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Head of Vector Control Research Laboratory, Institut Pasteur Guadeloupe
Verified email at pasteur.fr
Cited by 3141

[HTML][HTML] Vector-borne transmission and evolution of Zika virus

…, SC Weaver, N Vasilakis, A Vega-Rúa - Nature ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
Zika virus (ZIKV), discovered in the Zika Forest of Uganda in 1947, is a mosquito-borne
flavivirus related to yellow fever, dengue and West Nile viruses. From its discovery until 2007, …

High level of vector competence of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from ten American countries as a crucial factor in the spread of Chikungunya virus

A Vega-Rúa, K Zouache, R Girod, AB Failloux… - Journal of …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) causes a major public health problem. In 2004, CHIKV began
an unprecedented global expansion and has been responsible for epidemics in Africa, Asia, …

Three-way interactions between mosquito population, viral strain and temperature underlying chikungunya virus transmission potential

K Zouache, A Fontaine, A Vega-Rua… - … of the Royal …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Interactions between pathogens and their insect vectors in nature are under the control of
both genetic and non-genetic factors, yet most studies on mosquito vector competence for …

[HTML][HTML] Differential Susceptibilities of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from the Americas to Zika Virus

T Chouin-Carneiro, A Vega-Rua… - PLoS neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Since the major outbreak in 2007 in the Yap Island, Zika virus (ZIKV) causing
dengue-like syndromes has affected multiple islands of the South Pacific region. In May 2015, …

[HTML][HTML] Chikungunya Virus Transmission Potential by Local Aedes Mosquitoes in the Americas and Europe

A Vega-Rúa, R Lourenco-de-Oliveira… - PLoS neglected …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), mainly transmitted in urban areas by the mosquitoes
Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, constitutes a major public health problem. In late …

[HTML][HTML] Semiochemical oviposition cues to control Aedes aegypti gravid females: state of the art and proposed framework for their validation

M Mulatier, A Boullis, A Vega-Rúa - Parasites & Vectors, 2022 - Springer
In the fight against mosquito-borne diseases, odour-based lures targeting gravid females
represent a promising alternative to conventional tools for both reducing mosquito populations …

[HTML][HTML] Stable distinct core eukaryotic viromes in different mosquito species from Guadeloupe, using single mosquito viral metagenomics

…, W Deboutte, KC Yinda, L Delang, A Vega-Rúa… - Microbiome, 2019 - Springer
Background Mosquitoes are the most important invertebrate viral vectors in humans and
harbor a high diversity of understudied viruses, which has been shown in many mosquito …

Enhanced Zika virus susceptibility of globally invasive Aedes aegypti populations

…, VO Anyango, CM Romero-Vivas, A Vega-Rúa… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The drivers and patterns of zoonotic virus emergence in the human population are poorly
understood. The mosquito Aedes aegypti is a major arbovirus vector native to Africa that …

[HTML][HTML] GloPID-R report on chikungunya, o'nyong-nyong and Mayaro virus, part 5: Entomological aspects

L Pezzi, M Diallo, MG Rosa-Freitas, A Vega-Rua… - Antiviral research, 2020 - Elsevier
The GloPID-R (Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness) chikungunya
(CHIKV), o’nyong-nyong (ONNV) and Mayaro virus (MAYV) Working Group has been …

[HTML][HTML] Culex mosquitoes are experimentally unable to transmit Zika virus

F Amraoui, C Atyame-Nten, A Vega-Rúa… - …, 2016 - eurosurveillance.org
We report that two laboratory colonies of Culex quinquefasciatus and Culex pipiens
mosquitoes were experimentally unable to transmit ZIKV either up to 21 days post an infectious …