Convergent trends and spatiotemporal patterns of Aedes-borne arboviruses in Mexico and Central America.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Aedes-borne arboviruses cause both seasonal epidemics and emerging outbreaks with a significant impact on global health. These viruses share mosquito vector species, often infecting the same host population within overlapping geographic regions. Thus, comparative analyses of the virus evolutionary and epidemiological dynamics across spatial and temporal scales could reveal convergent trends.

Methodology/principal findings

Focusing on Mexico as a case study, we generated novel chikungunya and dengue (CHIKV, DENV-1 and DENV-2) virus genomes from an epidemiological surveillance-derived historical sample collection, and analysed them together with longitudinally-collected genome and epidemiological data from the Americas. Aedes-borne arboviruses endemically circulatin

SUBMITTER: Gutierrez B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10506721 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature