The primary aim of this review was to evaluate the state of knowledge of the geographical
distribution of all infectious diseases of clinical significance to humans. A systematic review …

Background Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a tick-borne infection caused by
a virus (CCHFV) from the Bunyaviridae family. Domestic and wild vertebrates are …

Emerging infectious diseases pose a growing threat to human populations. Many of the world's
epidemic diseases (particularly those transmitted by intermediate hosts) are known to be …

Dengue is a systemic viral infection transmitted between humans by Aedes mosquitoes 1 .
For some patients, dengue is a life-threatening illness 2 . There are currently no licensed …

Background Current understanding of the spatial epidemiology and geographical distribution
of Plasmodium vivax is far less developed than that for P. falciparum, representing a …

All known Rift Valley fever virus outbreaks in East Africa from 1950 to May 1998, and probably
earlier, followed periods of abnormally high rainfall. Analysis of this record and Pacific and …

The public health and economic consequences of Plasmodium falciparum malaria are once
again regarded as priorities for global development. There has been much speculation on …

10.7554/eLife.02851.001 The leishmaniases are vector-borne diseases that have a broad
global distribution throughout much of the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Despite representing a …

… Melanie F Myers , Melanie F Myers … Bethany Vice Bowling, Erin E Acra, Lihshing Wang,
Melanie F Myers, Gary E Dean, Glenn C Markle, Christine L Moskalik, Carl A Huether, …

Dengue viruses and malaria protozoa are of increasing global concern in public health. The
diseases caused by these pathogens often show regular seasonal patterns in incidence …