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UArizona researchers launch the Great Arizona Tick Check
As spring blooms across much of the state, University of Arizona researchers are encouraging the public to check for ticks and contribute to an important community health effort. Rosemary Brandt Today College of Agriculture& Life SciencesRhipicephalussanguineus_hires-small.jpg A male brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Brown dog ticks are the primary vector for Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Arizona. CDC/ James GathanyHealthScience and TechnologyCollege of Agriculture and Life SciencesCollege of Public Health Media contact(s)Rosemary Brandt College of Agriculture and Life Sciencesrjbrandt@email.arizona...
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - March 17, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: rjbrandt Source Type: research

Signalling and responding to zoonotic threats using a One Health approach: a decade of the Zoonoses Structure in the Netherlands, 2011 to 2021
Euro Surveill. 2022 Aug;27(31). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2022.27.31.2200039.ABSTRACTIn the Netherlands, the avian influenza outbreak in poultry in 2003 and the Q fever outbreak in dairy goats between 2007 and 2010 had severe consequences for public health. These outbreaks led to the establishment of an integrated human-veterinary risk analysis system for zoonoses, the Zoonoses Structure. The aim of the Zoonoses Structure is to signal, assess and control emerging zoonoses that may pose a risk to animal and/or human health in an integrated One Health approach. The Signalling Forum Zoonoses (SO-Z), the first step of the Zoon...
Source: Euro Surveill - August 5, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Joke van der Giessen Frits Vlaanderen Titia Kortbeek Corien Swaan Hans van den Kerkhof Els Broens Jolianne Rijks Miriam Koene Mauro De Rosa Mathilde Uiterwijk Marieke Augustijn-Schretlen Catharina Maassen Source Type: research

West Nile virus infection risk is higher in less affluent neighborhoods in Baltimore, MD
(Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies) In Baltimore, Maryland, people living in low-income urban neighborhoods are more at risk of contracting West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne disease, than people living in more affluent neighborhoods. So reports a new study published in the Journal of Medical Entomology.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - December 14, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Enhancing Preparedness for Arbovirus Infections with a One Health Approach: The Development and Implementation of Multisectoral Risk Assessment Exercises.
Conclusions: Increasing awareness of intersectoral priorities, including cross-border ones, through MRA is relevant to reduce gaps due to unavailability of shared data and information. Given that six out of the ten threats to global health listed by WHO are occurring at the human-animal-environmental interfaces, comprehensive regional RA with a One Health approach made by national authorities can be a relevant added value for the global health security. PMID: 32382554 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Biomed Res - May 10, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Dente MG, Riccardo F, Van Bortel W, Marrama L, Mollet T, Derrough T, Sudre B, Calistri P, Nacca G, Ranghiasci A, Escadafal C, Gaayeb L, Guillot A, Jiménez-Clavero MA, Manuguerra JC, Mikaty G, Picard M, Fernández-Pinero J, Pérez-Ramírez E, Robert V, Vi Tags: Biomed Res Int Source Type: research

Towards harmonisation of entomological surveillance in the Mediterranean area
by Fr édéric Jourdain, Abdallah M. Samy, Afrim Hamidi, Ali Bouattour, Bülent Alten, Chafika Faraj, David Roiz, Dušan Petrić, Elisa Pérez-Ramírez, Enkeledja Velo, Filiz Günay, Golubinka Bosevska, Ibrahim Salem, Igor Pajovic, Jelena Marić, Khalil Kanani, Lusine Paronyan, Maria-Grazia Dente, Marie P icard, Marija Zgomba, M'hammed Sarih, Nabil Haddad, Oleksandr Gaidash, Roena Sukhiasvili, Silvia Declich, Taher Shaibi, Tatiana Sulesco, Zoubir Harrat, Vincent Robert BackgroundThe Mediterranean Basin is historically a hotspot for trade, transport, and migration. As a result, countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea sh...
Source: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases - June 12, 2019 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Fr édéric Jourdain Source Type: research

The vector ecology of introduced Culex quinquefasciatus populations, and implications for future risk of West Nile virus emergence in the Gal ápagos archipelago
Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
Source: Medical and Veterinary Entomology - August 31, 2018 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: G. Eastwood , A. A. Cunningham , L. D. Kramer , S. J. Goodman Source Type: research

DEET Is the Most Effective Bug Spray. But Is It Safe?
Sure, itchy bug bites are a nuisance. But for those living in parts of the country where mosquito or tick-borne illnesses are common—and these days, that’s most of us—bug-repellent sprays and liquids are an important safeguard against Lyme disease, West Nile virus and other serious health conditions. The annual number of people sickened by mosquitos or tick bites has more than tripled since 2004, according to the CDC. The World Health Organization has concluded that climate change is a likely contributor to these increases, which are predicted to continue as warmer global temperatures expand the habitats ...
Source: TIME: Health - July 25, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Markham Heid Tags: Uncategorized healthytime Research Source Type: news

Fewer Scientists Are Studying Insects. Here ’s Why That’s So Dangerous
In the summer of 2016, Jerome Goddard, a medical entomologist in Mississippi, received an email from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with a desperate ask. The agency was conducting an “urgent” search for insect scientists around the U.S. who could take up to a six-month paid leave from work to help the CDC fight the Zika outbreak in the U.S., and possibly respond to areas with local transmission if needed. “That’s how bad it is—they need to borrow someone,” says Goddard, an extension professor of medical entomology at Mississippi State University. “We can&...
Source: TIME: Health - February 14, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alexandra Sifferlin Tags: Uncategorized healthytime public health Source Type: news

Diversity and seasonal abundances of mosquitoes at potential arboviral transmission sites in two different climate zones in Switzerland
Abstract Pathogens of medical or veterinary significance that are transmitted by mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) are (re‐)emerging in Europe [e.g. West Nile virus (WNV), Dirofilaria nematodes]. Little is known about the spatiotemporal abundances of mosquito species in Switzerland. Therefore, mosquito population dynamics were investigated, focusing on areas of risk for sylvatic or synanthropic transmission, such as natural sites and suburban sites on either side of the Alpine crest. Repeated collections were made using Centers for Disease Control (CDC) traps, juvenile sampling and ovitrapping. A total of 122 831 mosquito ...
Source: Medical and Veterinary Entomology - February 9, 2018 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: S. Wagner, V. Guidi, P. R. Torgerson, A. Mathis, F. Schaffner Tags: Original Article Source Type: research