How will mosquitoes adapt to climate warming?

LI Couper, JE Farner, JM Caldwell, ML Childs… - elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
The potential for adaptive evolution to enable species persistence under a changing climate
is one of the most important questions for understanding impacts of future climate change …

The current landscape of software tools for the climate-sensitive infectious disease modelling community

SJ Ryan, CA Lippi, T Caplan, A Diaz… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Climate-sensitive infectious disease modelling is crucial for public health planning and is
underpinned by a complex network of software tools. We identified only 37 tools that …

Future malaria environmental suitability in Africa is sensitive to hydrology

MW Smith, T Willis, E Mroz, WHM James, MJ Klaar… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Changes in climate shift the geographic locations that are suitable for malaria transmission
because of the thermal constraints on vector Anopheles mosquitos and Plasmodium spp …

Modelling the influence of temperature and rainfall on the population dynamics of Anopheles arabiensis

GJ Abiodun, R Maharaj, P Witbooi, KO Okosun - Malaria journal, 2016 - Springer
Background Malaria continues to be one of the most devastating diseases in the world,
killing more humans than any other infectious disease. Malaria parasites are entirely …

The neglected role of relative humidity in the interannual variability of urban malaria in Indian cities

M Santos-Vega, PP Martinez, KG Vaishnav… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The rapid pace of urbanization makes it imperative that we better understand the influence
of climate forcing on urban malaria transmission. Despite extensive study of temperature …

Spatial modelling of malaria cases associated with environmental factors in South Sumatra, Indonesia

H Hasyim, A Nursafingi, U Haque, D Montag… - Malaria journal, 2018 - Springer
Background Malaria, a parasitic infection, is a life-threatening disease in South Sumatra
Province, Indonesia. This study aimed to investigate the spatial association between malaria …

Predicting the direct and indirect impacts of climate change on malaria in coastal Kenya

PVV Le, P Kumar, MO Ruiz, C Mbogo, EJ Muturi - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background The transmission of malaria is highly variable and depends on a range of
climatic and anthropogenic factors. This study investigates the combined, ie direct and …

The Role of Climatic and Density Dependent Factors in Sha** Mosquito Population Dynamics: The Case of Culex pipiens in Northwestern Italy

G Marini, P Poletti, M Giacobini, A Pugliese, S Merler… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Culex pipiens mosquito is a species widely spread across Europe and represents a
competent vector for many arboviruses such as West Nile virus (WNV), which has been …

Efficacy of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis against malaria mosquitoes in northwestern Burkina Faso

P Dambach, VR Louis, A Kaiser, S Ouedraogo, A Sié… - Parasites & vectors, 2014 - Springer
Abstract Background In Sub Saharan Africa malaria remains one of the major health
problems and its control represents an important public health measure. Integrated malaria …

Aedes albopictus life table: environment, food, and age dependence survivorship and reproduction in a tropical area

G Cui, S Zhong, T Zheng, Z Li, X Zhang, C Li… - Parasites & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Environmental conditions affect the biology of mosquito vectors. Aedes
albopictus is a major vector of many important diseases including dengue, Zika, and …