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“You might also get the introduction of more exotic arboviruses like Dengue,” says Bas Oude Munnink, a molecular virologist at Erasmus.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 26, 2023

“These diseases can be difficult to identify: their clinical signs and symptoms can mimic a lot of other diseases, and arboviruses aren’t always at the top of mind for clinicians.”

From Scientific American • Jul. 31, 2023

The lab has its own insectary, Corley remarked, which hatches mosquitoes to study the transmission of arboviruses, including Zika, dengue and West Nile.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2021

If Zika behaves like other arboviruses, such as chikungunya and dengue, it will probably stick around.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2017

Wolbachia-carrying mosquitoes can be distributed to displace wild-type A. aegypti and reduce transmission of these viral diseases, but the wide global prevalence of these arboviruses makes this approach daunting and potentially costly8.

From Nature • Dec. 4, 2016