Ecological niche modelling approaches: Challenges and applications in vector-borne diseases

PF Cuervo, P Artigas, J Lorenzo-Morales… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) pose a major threat to human and animal health, with more
than 80% of the global population being at risk of acquiring at least one major VBD. Being …

Community-serving research addressing climate change impacts on vector-borne diseases

LF Chaves, MD Friberg, M Pascual… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2024‏ - thelancet.com
The impacts of climate change on vector-borne diseases are uneven across human
populations. This pattern reflects the effect of changing environments on the biology of …

Trends in mosquito species distribution modeling: insights for vector surveillance and disease control

CA Lippi, SJ Mundis, R Sippy, JM Flenniken… - Parasites & …, 2023‏ - Springer
Species distribution modeling (SDM) has become an increasingly common approach to
explore questions about ecology, geography, outbreak risk, and global change as they …

Defining the roles of local precipitation and anthropogenic water sources in driving the abundance of Aedes aegypti, an emerging disease vector in urban, arid …

EA Newman, X Feng, JD Onland, KR Walker… - Scientific Reports, 2024‏ - nature.com
Understanding drivers of disease vectors' population dynamics is a pressing challenge. For
short-lived organisms like mosquitoes, landscape-scale models must account for their highly …

Seasonal changes in the diversity, host preferences and infectivity of mosquitoes in two arbovirus-endemic regions of Costa Rica

LM Romero-Vega, M Piche-Ovares, C Soto-Garita… - Parasites & …, 2023‏ - Springer
Background Mosquitoes are vectors of various arboviruses belonging to the genera
Alphavirus and Flavivirus, and Costa Rica is endemic to several of them. The aim of this …

Chemical control of medically important arthropods in Panama: a systematic literature review of historical efforts

A Tuñon, J García, LC Carrera, LF Chaves, AE Lenhart… - Acta Tropica, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Vector-borne diseases are a major source of morbidity in Panama. Herein, we describe
historical usage patterns of synthetic insecticides to control arthropod disease vectors in this …

Ensemble species distribution modeling of Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae) in the continental United States

CG Rhodes, LF Chaves, LR Bergmann… - Journal of Medical …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
West Nile virus (WNV) is the primary mosquito-borne disease in the United States and has
had case reports every year since its introduction in 1999. As such, it is critical that we …

Understanding the spatial non-stationarity in the relationships between malaria incidence and environmental risk factors using Geographically Weighted Random …

G Nduwayezu, P Zhao, C Kagoyire, L Eklund… - Geospatial …, 2023‏ - geospatialhealth.net
As found in the health studies literature, the levels of climate association between
epidemiological diseases have been found to vary across regions. Therefore, it seems …

Species distribution modeling for disease ecology: a multi-scale case study for schistosomiasis host snails in Brazil

AL Singleton, CK Glidden, AJ Chamberlin… - PLOS Global Public …, 2024‏ - journals.plos.org
Species distribution models (SDMs) are increasingly popular tools for profiling disease risk
in ecology, particularly for infectious diseases of public health importance that include an …

Determination of forest fire risk with respect to Marchalina hellenica potential distribution to protect pine honey production sites in Turkey

F Sarı, NG Kavallieratos, N Eleftheriadou - Environmental Science and …, 2024‏ - Springer
Turkey is the leading producer of pine honey worldwide, accounting for 90% of global
production, largely due to the presence of Marchalina hellenica populations. However, in …