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, …

Dengue is an important mosquito borne viral disease in Martinique Island (French West
Indies). The viruses responsible for dengue are transmitted by Aedes aegypti, an indoor day-…

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 …

Background The yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti is a major vector of dengue and
hemorrhagic fevers, causing up to 100 million dengue infections every year. As there is still no …

At the end of 2009, 21,313 cases of dengue-3 virus (DENV-3) were reported in the islands of
Cape Verde, an archipelago located in the Atlantic Ocean 570 km from the coast of western …

World-wide dengue vector control is hampered by the spread of insecticide resistance in Aedes
aegypti. We report the resistance status of a wild Ae. aegypti population from Martinique (…

Human arboviral diseases have emerged or re-emerged in numerous countries worldwide
due to a number of factors including the lack of progress in vaccine development, lack of …

Background Dengue fever is reemerging on the island of Martinique and is a serious threat
for the human population. During dengue epidemics, adult Aedes aegypti control with …

First identified in 1947, Zika virus took roughly 70 years to cause a pandemic unusually
associated with virus-induced brain damage in newborns. Zika virus is transmitted by mosquitoes…

In the Caribbean, insecticide resistance is widely developed in Aedes aegypti and
represents a serious obstacle for dengue vector control. The efficacy of pyrethroid and …