Potential arbovirus emergence and implications for the United Kingdom.

From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: April 1, 2006| Author: Gould, Ernest Andrew; Higgs, Stephen; Buckley, Alan; Sergeevna Gritsun, Tamara | Copyright information

Arboviruses have evolved a number of strategies to survive environmental challenges. This review examines the factors that may determine arbovirus emergence, provides examples of arboviruses that have emerged into new habitats, reviews the arbovirus situation in western Europe in detail, discusses potential arthropod vectors, and attempts to predict the risk for arbovirus emergence in the United Kingdom. We conclude that climate change is probably the most important requirement for...

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