Mathematical models of mosquito-borne pathogen transmission originated in the early
twentieth century to provide insights into how to most effectively combat malaria. The …

The primary aim of this review was to evaluate the state of knowledge of the geographical
distribution of all infectious diseases of clinical significance to humans. A systematic review …

Abstract Background Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne infection
caused by a virus (CCHFV) from the Bunyaviridae family. Domestic and wild vertebrates are …

Dengue is a systemic viral infection transmitted between humans by Aedes mosquitoes. For
some patients, dengue is a life-threatening illness. There are currently no licensed vaccines …

Background Current understanding of the spatial epidemiology and geographical
distribution of Plasmodium vivax is far less developed than that for P. falciparum …

Rabies is an acute viral infection that is typically fatal. Most rabies modeling has focused on
disease dynamics and control within terrestrial mammals (eg, raccoons and foxes). As such …

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The leishmaniases are vector-borne diseases that have a broad global distribution
throughout much of the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Despite representing a significant public …

Mosquito-borne diseases pose some of the greatest challenges in public health, especially
in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. Efforts to control these diseases have been …

Infectious disease ecology has recently raised its public profile beyond the scientific
community due to the major threats that wildlife infections pose to biological conservation …