Background: Infectious disease epidemiology and planetary health literature often cite solid
waste and plastic pollution as risk factors for vector-borne diseases and urban zoonoses; …

Climate drives population dynamics through multiple mechanisms, which can lead to
seemingly context-dependent effects of climate on natural populations. For climate-sensitive …

Alphaviruses, such as chikungunya virus, and flaviviruses, such as dengue virus, are (re)-emerging
arboviruses that are endemic in tropical environments. In Africa, arbovirus infections …

Background Cali, Colombia has experienced chikungunya and Zika outbreaks and
hypoendemic dengue. Studies have explained Cali’s dengue patterns but lack the sub-neighborhood…

Background Ambient temperature is an important determinant of malaria transmission and
suitability, affecting the life-cycle of the Plasmodium parasite and Anopheles vector. Early …

Objective Zika virus (ZIKV) targets neural stem cells in the developing brain. However, the
majority of ZIKV-exposed children are born without apparent neurological manifestations. It …

Background Vector-borne diseases are a public health problem in Colombia, where dengue
virus infection is hyperendemic. The introduction of other arboviruses, such as chikungunya …

Nomadic pastoralists are among the world’s hardest-to-reach and least served populations.
Pastoralist communities are difficult to capture in household surveys because of factors …

Introduction Individuals exposed to malaria infections for a long time develop immune
responses capable of blocking Plasmodium transmission to mosquito vectors, potentially limiting …

Background Aedes aegypti is an efficient vector of several arboviruses of public health
importance, including Zika and dengue. Currently vector management is the only available …