ArticleEcology and evolution2026
Vector Potential Index: Bridging Competence and Contribution as an Integrative Measure of Relative Transmission Capability.
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- Vector Potential Index: Bridging Competence and Contribution as an Integrative Measure of Relative Transmission Capability.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Epidemiology of West Nile Virus in New York City: Trends and Transmission Dynamics (2000-2019).Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Vector-borne diseases (VBD) pose a major concern for public health worldwide. Identifying putative vectors and their potential contribution to transmission is a crucial step in understanding vector-borne disease hazard. However, existing metrics are limited in their utility to inform transmission hazard in zoonotic multi-vector, multi-host VBD systems. We present the Vector Potential Index (VPI), a novel metric for evaluating and comparing the potential of blood-feeding arthropod vectors to contribute to zoonotic VBD transmission. Taking a meta-analysis approach, the VPI combines vector competence and host use data obtained from scientific literature to assign relative and absolute VPI ranks across species and transmission cycles. Using West Nile virus (WNV) in the eastern United States as a model system, our results demonstrate the ability of VPI to provide a representative assessment of vector species' potential contribution to transmission hazard in the epizootic and enzootic transmission cycles. Most species had low vector potential, and although
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