This study assesses how climate and land-use changes affect the spread and seasonal patterns of TBEV and WNV in Europe, projecting increased transmission risk and phenological shifts.

bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2026 · PreprintEcology

Escalating human exposure to tropical mosquito-borne viruses in Europe

Kyla Serres, Fabiana Gámbaro, Rosa Pietroiusti, Daniele Da Re, Maria Fernanda Vincenti-Gonzalez, Darlan da Silva Cândido, Elena Arsevska, Augustin Jacques de Dixmude, Dánnell Quesada‐Chacón, Matthias Mengel, Dominik Paprotny, Raphaëlle Klitting, Cedric Marsboom, Wim Thiery, Guillaume Ghisbain, , Simon Dellicour

This study assesses the risk of human exposure to dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses in Europe using ecological niche modeling, showing increased risk due to climate change.

bioRxiv · Dec 3, 2025 · PreprintEcology

Molecular Xenomonitoring (MX) allows real-time surveillance of West Nile and Usutu virus in mosquito populations.

Clément Bigeard, Laura Pezzı, Raphaëlle Klitting, Nazlı Ayhan, Grégory L’Ambert, Nicolas Gomez, Géraldine Piorkowski, Rayane Amaral, Guillaume André Durand, Agathe M. G. Colmant, Cynthia Giraud, Katia Ramiara, Camille Victoire Migné, Gilda Grard, Thierry Touzet, , Albin Fontaine

The paper introduces Molecular Xenomonitoring (MX) to detect West Nile and Usutu viruses in mosquito populations, showing it can identify viral circulation before human cases.

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · Dec 26, 2024Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology

Genomic surveillance reveals that the dengue 2 virus lineage responsible for the 2023-2024 epidemic in the French Caribbean Islands is resistant to Mosnodenvir

Hawa Sophia Bouzidi, S. SEN, Géraldine Piorkowski, Laura Pezzı, Nazlı Ayhan, Albin Fontaine, Thomas Canivez, Manon Geulen, Rayane Amaral, Gilda Grard, Guillaume André Durand, Xavier Nicolas de Lamballerie, Franck Touret, Raphaëlle Klitting

The paper identifies a mutation in dengue virus genomes from the 2023-2024 French Caribbean epidemic that confers resistance to the anti-dengue compound mosnodenvir.

Nature Communications · Oct 9, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology