Emerging Arboviruses: Virus Detection from Vectors

A new category was created to group emerging and re-emerging viruses, considering the remarkable speed of virus evolution. Arboviruses are potential members of this group; due to their intrinsic capability to jump from one species to another during the transmission cycle. Moreover, an intense and frequent circulation of arboviruses such as dengue, chikungunya, Zika, yellow fever, Rift Valley fever, Japanese encephalitis, West Nile fever, phlebovirus, Mayaro virus, and St. Louis encephalitis in tropical regions, increases the chances of new species emergence. Building up strategies for surveillance, diagnosis, forecast, and control of those arboviruses' circulation is challenging since the diseases produced share most of the same signs and symptoms. Furthermore, in some cases, the species' genetic and protein proximity hinder molecular detection.

To further explore this issue, this Research Topic encourages submissions related to reports of the emergence and resurgence of an arbovirus in a new region and virus detection from vectors.

Sub-themes of particular interest include:

• Characterization of new arboviruses
• Molecular and evolutionary aspects of arboviruses
• Interaction between insect and arboviruses
• Vector-borne diseases
• Virus surveillance of vectors

Keywords: Arbovirus, dengue, Chikungunya, Zika, yellow fever, Ilheus fever, St. Louis encephalitis, West Nile fever, genomics, transcriptomics, molecular detection

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