The Global Vector Hub
@globalvectorhub.bsky.social
An open-access online resource, aimed at improving #vector control & vector #research, #CapacityBuilding and preparedness against vector-borne #disease #outbreaks.
https://globalvectorhub.lshtm.ac.uk/
https://globalvectorhub.lshtm.ac.uk/
📢 European Commission @ec.europa.eu @euclimateaction.bsky.social: " #Paris, #Vienna, #Zagreb and other European cities will be at more risk of #dengue, #Zika and #chikungunya #outbreaks as #ClimateChange expands #mosquito range 🦟"
environment.ec.europa.eu/news/paris-v...
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February 4, 2026 at 4:12 PM
📢 European Commission @ec.europa.eu @euclimateaction.bsky.social: " #Paris, #Vienna, #Zagreb and other European cities will be at more risk of #dengue, #Zika and #chikungunya #outbreaks as #ClimateChange expands #mosquito range 🦟"
environment.ec.europa.eu/news/paris-v...
environment.ec.europa.eu/news/paris-v...
📢 @who.int EPI-WIN #webinar:
#Zika: ten years after the public health emergency 🦟
Date: 2 February 2026 13:00 – 14:30 CET (Virtual meeting)
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
#Zika: ten years after the public health emergency 🦟
Date: 2 February 2026 13:00 – 14:30 CET (Virtual meeting)
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
📢 @who.int EPI-WIN #webinar:
#Zika: ten years after the public health emergency 🦟
Date: 2 February 2026 13:00 – 14:30 CET (Virtual meeting)
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
#Zika: ten years after the public health emergency 🦟
Date: 2 February 2026 13:00 – 14:30 CET (Virtual meeting)
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
📢 @who.int #webinar announcement: "Impact of the #Sudan 🇸🇩 conflict on #vector-borne and neglected tropical diseases ( #NTDs) and pathways forward" 🦟 🕷️ 🪰
16 February 2026 07:00 – 09:30 CET (Virtual event)
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
16 February 2026 07:00 – 09:30 CET (Virtual event)
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
January 26, 2026 at 8:57 PM
📢 @who.int #webinar announcement: "Impact of the #Sudan 🇸🇩 conflict on #vector-borne and neglected tropical diseases ( #NTDs) and pathways forward" 🦟 🕷️ 🪰
16 February 2026 07:00 – 09:30 CET (Virtual event)
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
16 February 2026 07:00 – 09:30 CET (Virtual event)
www.who.int/news-room/ev...
📢 New publication by @who.int & @ukhsa.bsky.social
: " #Oropouche #virus research and development roadmap" 🪰
The Collaborative Open Research Consortium (CORC) has collectively identified 12 R&D priorities within these thematic areas, including #vector competence.
www.who.int/publications...
: " #Oropouche #virus research and development roadmap" 🪰
The Collaborative Open Research Consortium (CORC) has collectively identified 12 R&D priorities within these thematic areas, including #vector competence.
www.who.int/publications...
January 23, 2026 at 5:20 PM
📢 New publication by @who.int & @ukhsa.bsky.social
: " #Oropouche #virus research and development roadmap" 🪰
The Collaborative Open Research Consortium (CORC) has collectively identified 12 R&D priorities within these thematic areas, including #vector competence.
www.who.int/publications...
: " #Oropouche #virus research and development roadmap" 🪰
The Collaborative Open Research Consortium (CORC) has collectively identified 12 R&D priorities within these thematic areas, including #vector competence.
www.who.int/publications...
📢 @who.int Rapid Risk Assessment - #Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) disease 🦟:
www.who.int/publications...
[key findings in thread below]
www.who.int/publications...
[key findings in thread below]
December 31, 2025 at 4:57 PM
📢 @who.int Rapid Risk Assessment - #Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) disease 🦟:
www.who.int/publications...
[key findings in thread below]
www.who.int/publications...
[key findings in thread below]
🦟"Gene-drive-capable #mosquitoes suppress patient-derived #malaria in #Tanzania 🇹🇿" by Tibebu Habtewold et al. at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social & #Ifakara Health Institute in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🦟"Gene-drive-capable #mosquitoes suppress patient-derived #malaria in #Tanzania 🇹🇿" by Tibebu Habtewold et al. at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @lstmnews.bsky.social & #Ifakara Health Institute in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧐 Looking for a #PhD? University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk is offering two fully funded PhD positions within the new VectorGrid-Africa network!🦟
More details: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
📆Application deadline: 12 January 2026.
More details: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
📆Application deadline: 12 January 2026.
December 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
🧐 Looking for a #PhD? University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk is offering two fully funded PhD positions within the new VectorGrid-Africa network!🦟
More details: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
📆Application deadline: 12 January 2026.
More details: www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...
📆Application deadline: 12 January 2026.
📢 Today, @who.int published the #WorldMalariaReport 2025, which spotlights the growing threat of antimalarial #DrugResistance. 🦟 Key findings below ⬇️
www.who.int/teams/global...
www.who.int/teams/global...
December 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
📢 Today, @who.int published the #WorldMalariaReport 2025, which spotlights the growing threat of antimalarial #DrugResistance. 🦟 Key findings below ⬇️
www.who.int/teams/global...
www.who.int/teams/global...
📢 There is still time to register for tomorrow's #webinar by the RAFT (Resilience Against Future Threats through Vector Control) research consortium:
" #Aedes bionomics in an urbanizing world and the need for global response to rising #arbovirus threat"🦟
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
" #Aedes bionomics in an urbanizing world and the need for global response to rising #arbovirus threat"🦟
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
📢 There is still time to register for tomorrow's #webinar by the RAFT (Resilience Against Future Threats through Vector Control) research consortium:
" #Aedes bionomics in an urbanizing world and the need for global response to rising #arbovirus threat"🦟
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
" #Aedes bionomics in an urbanizing world and the need for global response to rising #arbovirus threat"🦟
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🦟 "Future geographical distribution of #Aedes albopictus in #China under #ClimateChange scenarios" by Jianjun Xu et al. in @plosone.org
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🦟 "Future geographical distribution of #Aedes albopictus in #China under #ClimateChange scenarios" by Jianjun Xu et al. in @plosone.org
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
🪰 " #Oropouche #virus entomovirology and surveillance: where are we and where are we headed?" - #review by Jose Fernando Gómez-Marín, Gabriel Parra-Henao et al. in Acta Tropica
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🪰 " #Oropouche #virus entomovirology and surveillance: where are we and where are we headed?" - #review by Jose Fernando Gómez-Marín, Gabriel Parra-Henao et al. in Acta Tropica
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
🦟 #Aedes aegypti: "'Dangerous' invasive species continues to spread in the #BayArea" via @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
October 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🦟 #Aedes aegypti: "'Dangerous' invasive species continues to spread in the #BayArea" via @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
www.sfgate.com/local/articl...
🦟"Building resilience against the growing threat of arboviruses: a #ScopingReview of #Aedes #vector surveillance, control strategies and insecticide resistance in #Africa 🌍" by R. Oxborough et al. in Parasites & Vectors @bmc.springernature.com
parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
October 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🦟"Building resilience against the growing threat of arboviruses: a #ScopingReview of #Aedes #vector surveillance, control strategies and insecticide resistance in #Africa 🌍" by R. Oxborough et al. in Parasites & Vectors @bmc.springernature.com
parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
🦟 Publication alert: "Ancient origin of an urban underground #mosquito ( #Culex pipiens form molestus)" by @yukihaba.bsky.social et al. in @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
🦟 Publication alert: "Ancient origin of an urban underground #mosquito ( #Culex pipiens form molestus)" by @yukihaba.bsky.social et al. in @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🦟" #France: Local #chikungunya cases top 700" @santepubliquefrance.fr via @outbreaknewstoday.substack.com.web.brid.gy
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October 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🦟" #France: Local #chikungunya cases top 700" @santepubliquefrance.fr via @outbreaknewstoday.substack.com.web.brid.gy
open.substack.com/pub/outbreak...
open.substack.com/pub/outbreak...
@lshtm.bsky.social: "Maps suggest #India could bear biggest impact from #chikungunya - maps created using #MachineLearning model show more regions at risk of chikungunya than previously thought." 🦟
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
October 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
@lshtm.bsky.social: "Maps suggest #India could bear biggest impact from #chikungunya - maps created using #MachineLearning model show more regions at risk of chikungunya than previously thought." 🦟
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
📢 @who.int Disease #Outbreak News: #Chikungunya #virus disease - Global situation 3/10/2025 🦟
Until 30/9/2025, 445,271 suspected and confirmed CHIKV disease cases and 155 deaths were reported globally from 40 countries, including autochthonous and travel imported cases.
www.who.int/emergencies/...
Until 30/9/2025, 445,271 suspected and confirmed CHIKV disease cases and 155 deaths were reported globally from 40 countries, including autochthonous and travel imported cases.
www.who.int/emergencies/...
October 5, 2025 at 10:10 PM
📢 @who.int Disease #Outbreak News: #Chikungunya #virus disease - Global situation 3/10/2025 🦟
Until 30/9/2025, 445,271 suspected and confirmed CHIKV disease cases and 155 deaths were reported globally from 40 countries, including autochthonous and travel imported cases.
www.who.int/emergencies/...
Until 30/9/2025, 445,271 suspected and confirmed CHIKV disease cases and 155 deaths were reported globally from 40 countries, including autochthonous and travel imported cases.
www.who.int/emergencies/...
📢 "Invasive #mosquito surveillance in the #UnitedKingdom 2020 to 2024: First detection of #Aedes aegypti eggs in the UK and further detection of Aedes albopictus 🦟" by Colin Johnston et al. @ukhsa.bsky.social published in @plosglobalpublichealth.org
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
October 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
📢 "Invasive #mosquito surveillance in the #UnitedKingdom 2020 to 2024: First detection of #Aedes aegypti eggs in the UK and further detection of Aedes albopictus 🦟" by Colin Johnston et al. @ukhsa.bsky.social published in @plosglobalpublichealth.org
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
🦟" #OneHealth approach uncovers emergence and dynamics of #Usutu and #WestNile viruses in the #Netherlands 🇳🇱" by @emmanuellemunger.bsky.social, @marionkoopmans.bsky.social et al. @erasmusmc.bsky.social in @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
🦟" #OneHealth approach uncovers emergence and dynamics of #Usutu and #WestNile viruses in the #Netherlands 🇳🇱" by @emmanuellemunger.bsky.social, @marionkoopmans.bsky.social et al. @erasmusmc.bsky.social in @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🕷️" #USA: Why Is #MarthasVineyard Going #Vegan? It’s All About #Tick Bites.
Islanders’ diets are being upended by an onslaught of #AlphaGalSyndrome, a tick-induced #allergy to meat and dairy." by Pete Wells via @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/d...
Islanders’ diets are being upended by an onslaught of #AlphaGalSyndrome, a tick-induced #allergy to meat and dairy." by Pete Wells via @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/d...
August 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🕷️" #USA: Why Is #MarthasVineyard Going #Vegan? It’s All About #Tick Bites.
Islanders’ diets are being upended by an onslaught of #AlphaGalSyndrome, a tick-induced #allergy to meat and dairy." by Pete Wells via @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/d...
Islanders’ diets are being upended by an onslaught of #AlphaGalSyndrome, a tick-induced #allergy to meat and dairy." by Pete Wells via @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/d...
🦟"The long-term persistence of the ( #Wolbachia) wMel strain 🦠 in #RioDeJaneiro is threatened by poor integrated #vector management ( #IVM) and bacterium fitness cost on #Aedes aegypti" by Márcio Galvão Pavan et al. @oficialfiocruz.bsky.social in #PlosNTDs @plos.org
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
August 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🦟"The long-term persistence of the ( #Wolbachia) wMel strain 🦠 in #RioDeJaneiro is threatened by poor integrated #vector management ( #IVM) and bacterium fitness cost on #Aedes aegypti" by Márcio Galvão Pavan et al. @oficialfiocruz.bsky.social in #PlosNTDs @plos.org
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
"Engaging communities in the control of #arboviral diseases: insights from the African region" by Anankpo Gildas Yahouédo et al @who.int in #PlosNTDs
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
July 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Engaging communities in the control of #arboviral diseases: insights from the African region" by Anankpo Gildas Yahouédo et al @who.int in #PlosNTDs
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
📢 New @who.int publication: "Policy considerations for strengthening preparedness and response to #arbovirus #epidemics and #pandemics" 🦟🕷️🪰🪳
www.who.int/publications...
www.who.int/publications...
July 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
📢 New @who.int publication: "Policy considerations for strengthening preparedness and response to #arbovirus #epidemics and #pandemics" 🦟🕷️🪰🪳
www.who.int/publications...
www.who.int/publications...
🦟" #Colombia 🇨🇴: 100 confirmed #YellowFever cases reported in Tolima" via @outbreaknewstoday.substack.com.web.brid.gy
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open.substack.com/pub/outbreak...
July 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🦟" #Colombia 🇨🇴: 100 confirmed #YellowFever cases reported in Tolima" via @outbreaknewstoday.substack.com.web.brid.gy
open.substack.com/pub/outbreak...
open.substack.com/pub/outbreak...