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Socioeconomic and demographic predictors of resident knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding arthropod-borne viruses in Panama
(2018-09-18)
Background: We sought to identify if socioeconomic and demographic factors play a role in resident knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika in order to inform effective management procedures ...
Diverse novel phleboviruses in sandflies from the Panama Canal area, Central Panama
(2019-05-03)
The genus Phlebovirus (order Bunyavirales, family Phenuiviridae) comprises 57 viruses that are grouped into nine speciescomplexes. Sandfly-transmitted phleboviruses are found in Europe, Africa and the Americas and are ...
Disturbance and mosquito diversity in the lowland tropical rainforest of central Panama
(2017-08-03)
The Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis (IDH) is well-known in ecology providing an explanation for the role of disturbance in the coexistence of climax and colonist species. Here, we used the IDH as a framework to describe ...
Geographic Expansion of the Invasive Mosquito Aedes albopictus across Panama— Implications for Control of Dengue and Chikungunya Viruses
(2015-01-08)
The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus, is an invasive species that has expanded its territory to over 40% of the earth’s terrestrial landmass in the last 30 years [1]. Ae. albopictus is an efficient vector ...
Detecting space-time clusters of dengue fever in Panama after adjusting for vector surveillance data
(2019-09-23)
Long term surveillance of vectors and arboviruses is an integral aspect of disease prevention and control systems in countries affected by increasing risk. Yet, little effort has been made to adjust space-time risk estimation ...