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DESCRIPTION:Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) are vectors of various zoonotic
  pathogens (e.g. viruses\, nematodes or protozoans). At least three differ
 ent mosquito-borne viruses (Sindbis virus\, Batai virus and Usutu virus) a
 nd two filarial parasites (Dirofilaria repens\, D. immitis) also circulate
  in Germany\, affecting human and animal health. In addition\, globalizati
 on and climate change results in the worldwide spread of invasive mosquito
  species and tropical pathogens. For example\, the exotic Asian tiger mosq
 uito (Aedes albopictus) spread in Europe since the 1980\, resulting in rep
 eated epidemics of chikungunya virus in France and Italy with several hund
 red human cases. Just recently\, the mosquito species also established in 
 different sites in Germany\, increasing the risk of local pathogen transmi
 ssion.Based on field and lab work conducted at the Bernhard Nocht Institut
 e for Tropical Medicine over the last 10 years\, my talk will focus on the
  spatial risk assessment of mosquito-borne pathogens in Germany. The basis
  is a comprehensive surveillance of mosquito-borne pathogens in mosquitoes
 \, birds\, and humans. In addition\, the presented topics include the host
 -feeding patterns of mosquitoes and the genetic structure of overwintering
  populations of the Asian tiger mosquito in Germany. Furthermore\, recent 
 results of experimental infection studies with the recently emerging Zika 
 and chikungunya virus with exotic and native mosquito species are presente
 d. All these data are used in mechanistic and correlative models for an in
 tegrated risk assessment of vector-borne pathogens.The presented results h
 ighlight a significant increase of mosquito-borne pathogen transmission in
  Europe including Germany. However\, my presentation will also highlight s
 ome potential problems of current risk assessment approaches. For example\
 , pathogen transmission models commonly include temperature data recorded 
 by meteorological weather stations. However\, preliminary field data indic
 ate that these probably do not reflect the microclimatic temperature exper
 ienced by the mosquitoes\, which utilize different resting sites.\n&nbsp\;
 \n*** Invited by the Master programme Global Change Ecology
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SUMMARY:Dr. Renke Lühken\, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine\,
  WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Haemorrhagic Fever Reference a
 nd Research\, Hamburg (Homepage): From the field to the lab to integrated 
 risk assessment of vector-borne pathogens
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