Editorial: New approaches to understanding vector borne diseases in domestic and wild animals

Editorial on the Research Topic New approaches to understanding vector borne diseases in domestic and wild animals Arthropod vectors play a significant role in the propagation, maintenance, spread, and transmission of pathogens.Their diversity, abundance, and almost ubiquitous presence across ecosystems signify that arthropod vectors are key drivers of disease across the world, causing huge socio-economic losses due to morbidity, mortality, and loss in livestock productivity, resulting in sustained poverty and food insecurity, especially in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs).This Research Topic invited novel contributions of the latest research regarding key advancements in the field of vector-borne animal disease.Four articles from researchers across the globe (Cameroon, Kenya, South Korea, the UK, and the USA) were accepted.The research focus of the accepted articles included the Aino virus in Korea, Corridor disease in Kenya, tick-borne diseases in Guam, and Rift Valley fever (RVF) in Cameroon.Aino virus is a midge-transmitted Orthobunyavirus that can cause significant skeletal and neurological abnormalities in foetal ruminants exposed to the virus during gestation.Yeh and Ga investigated the Aino virus seroprevalence within wild and farmed cervids, across the Republic of Korea.They identified that both populations were exposed to the endemic virus.The authors suggest that these results highlight the need for closer monitoring of Aino virus infections in both farmed and wild cervids and that the results may help in developing future epidemiological studies of Aino virus infection.