Climate, environmental and socio-economic change: weighing up the balance in vector-borne disease transmission

PE Parham, J Waldock… - … of the Royal …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Arguably one of the most important effects of climate change is the potential impact on
human health. While this is likely to take many forms, the implications for future transmission …

Early warning systems (EWSs) for chikungunya, dengue, malaria, yellow fever, and Zika outbreaks: What is the evidence? A sco** review

L Hussain-Alkhateeb, T Rivera Ramirez… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Early warning systems (EWSs) are of increasing importance in the context of
outbreak-prone diseases such as chikungunya, dengue, malaria, yellow fever, and Zika. A …

How malaria models relate temperature to malaria transmission

TM Lunde, MN Bayoh, B Lindtjørn - Parasites & vectors, 2013 - Springer
Background It is well known that temperature has a major influence on the transmission of
malaria parasites to their hosts. However, mathematical models do not always agree about …

Application of optimal control to the epidemiology of malaria

FB Agusto, N Marcus, KO Okosun - 2012 - kuscholarworks.ku.edu
Malaria is a deadly disease transmitted to humans through the bite of infected female
mosquitoes. In this paper a deterministic system of differential equations is presented and …

A climate-driven mechanistic population model of Aedes albopictus with diapause

P Jia, L Lu, X Chen, J Chen, L Guo, X Yu, Q Liu - Parasites & vectors, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background The mosquito Aedes albopitus is a competent vector for the
transmission of many blood-borne pathogens. An important factor that affects the …

[HTML][HTML] Mitigation of the adverse effects of the El Niño (El Niño, La Niña) southern oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon and the most important diseases in avocado cv …

JG Ramírez-Gil, JC Henao-Rojas, JG Morales-Osorio - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Areas cultivated with Hass avocado crops in Colombia have growth rapidly. One of the
major limitations is the avocado wilt complex disease (AWC) caused by biotic and abiotic …

Parameterization and sensitivity analysis of a complex simulation model for mosquito population dynamics, dengue transmission, and their control

AM Ellis, AJ Garcia, DA Focks… - … American journal of …, 2011 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Models can be useful tools for understanding the dynamics and control of mosquito-borne
disease. More detailed models may be more realistic and better suited for understanding …

A Weather‐Based Prediction Model of Malaria Prevalence in Amenfi West District, Ghana

EL Darkoh, JA Larbi, EA Lawer - Malaria research and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated the effects of climatic variables, particularly, rainfall and temperature,
on malaria incidence using time series analysis. Our preliminary analysis revealed that …

Malaria intensity in Colombia by regions and populations

A Feged-Rivadeneira, A Ángel… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Determining the distribution of disease prevalence among heterogeneous populations at the
national scale is fundamental for epidemiology and public health. Here, we use a …

Malaria model with stage-structured mosquitoes

J Li - Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering, 2011 - aimsciences.org
A simple SEIR model for malaria transmission dynamics is formulated as our baseline
model. The metamorphic stages in the mosquito population are then included and a simple …