Publications by authors named "F SCHAFFNER"
Preventing local transmission of malaria from imported cases is crucial for achieving and maintaining malaria elimination. This study aimed to investigate the epidemiological characteristics of imported malaria cases and assess the distribution of malaria vectors in Qatar. Data from January 2016 to December 2022 on imported malaria, including demographic and epidemiological characteristics, travel-related information, and diagnostic results, were collected and analysed using descriptive statistics.
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- Mosquitoes are key vectors for diseases and are changing their geographical distribution due to global environmental changes, increasing the need for accurate predictions of their distribution patterns.
- Ecological niche modelling (ENM) using high-resolution local environmental variables reveals that variations in mosquito distributions are influenced by local conditions rather than just macroclimatic factors.
- The study on Bonaire highlights that urban environments attract introduced mosquito species, while native species prefer specific habitats like mangroves and forests, emphasizing the need for localized strategies in mosquito management to combat disease risks.
This article presents the current state of knowledge of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) occurring in Poland. In comparison to the most recently published checklists (1999 and 2007), which listed 47 mosquito species, four species (, , , and ) are added to the Polish fauna. Our new checklist of Polish mosquito fauna includes 51 species of mosquitoes from five genera: (30), (8), (1), (7), and (5).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objective: No autochthonous human cases of Japanese encephalitis (JE) have been reported to date in the European Union (EU). In this study, we assess the likelihood of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) introduction and transmission within the EU and propose outbreak response measures.
Risk Assessment: Given the global geographical distribution of JEV, the probability of virus introduction into the EU is currently very low, with viremic bird migration being the most plausible pathway of introduction.
Sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae; Newstead, 1911) are widespread in Europe, being particularly common in the Mediterranean region but rare north of the Alps. Thus, Switzerland is an opportune place to investigate the sand fly fauna on both sides of the Alpine crest, in southern sub-Mediterranean climate and northern oceanic temperate climate. We reinvestigated the Swiss sand fly fauna with the aim to assess changes in composition, altitudinal distribution, abundance and seasonality.
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