Vector competence and insect capacity of infection transmission

Vector competence and insect capacity of infection transmission

V.V. Makarov
doctor of biological sciences
Russian University of People Friendship
e-mail: vvm-39@mail.ru
F.I. Vasilevich
doctor of veterinary sciences
Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology
named after K.I. Skryabin
M.I. Gulyukin
 doctor of veterinary sciences
All-Russian Research Institute for Experimental Veterinary  Medicine

The most important parameters of infection transmission: vector competence and vector ability of transmitters, elements of genesis of vector-borne diseases and intrabody pathology of insects are briefly described. Emergent occurrence and spread of vector-borne exotic diseases in nonendemic areas can be considered as a  precursory warning of pandemic threat caused by infectious agents including previously unknown agents of new areas  and ecological zones. Epidemiological significance of arboviral mosquito-borne infection is being discussed. 

Keywords: vector-borne transmission, viruses, insects-transmitters.