Effects of climate change and human activities on vector-borne diseases

WM de Souza, SC Weaver - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Vector-borne diseases are transmitted by haematophagous arthropods (for example,
mosquitoes, ticks and sandflies) to humans and wild and domestic animals, with the largest …

Pest suppression services and dietary niche differentiation of bats in Chinese smallholder farming systems: implications for integrated pest management

Y Liu, Y Geng, Z Huang, J Feng, T Jiang - Journal of Pest Science, 2024 - Springer
Smallholder farming systems make a vital contribution to food security. However, pests pose
a significant challenge to the productivity and sustainability of these agricultural systems …

Effects of Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus bacterial metabolites on the ovipositional activity of Aedes albopictus

M Touray, H Cimen, E Bode, HB Bode, S Hazir - Journal of Pest Science, 2024 - Springer
Viral diseases like yellow fever, dengue, and Zika have an alarming impact on public health.
These diseases can be transmitted by Aedes mosquito species, such as Ae. albopictus …

Adversarial interspecies relationships facilitate population suppression by gene drive in spatially explicit models

Y Liu, WJ Teo, H Yang, J Champer - Ecology Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Suppression gene drives bias their inheritance to spread through a population, potentially
eliminating it when they reach high frequency. CRISPR homing suppression drives have …

Quantifying the effects of temperature and predation on the growth of Aedes mosquito population

E Lusekelo, M Helikumi, D Kuznetsov… - Modeling Earth Systems …, 2023 - Springer
Despite having been tested in multiple settings, the quantitative impact of predatory aquatic
insects to reduce mosquito population remains unclear. To address this question, an …

Relative Influence of Land Use, Mosquito Abundance, and Bird Communities in Defining West Nile Virus Infection Rates in Culex Mosquito Populations

JS Adelman, RE Tokarz, AE Euken, EN Field… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary West Nile virus (WNV) is transmitted by mosquitoes and maintained in bird
populations. However, it is less clear why some geographic locations consistently serve as …

Malaria risk drivers in the brazilian amazon: land use—land cover interactions and biological diversity

W Gonzalez Daza, RL Muylaert… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Malaria is a prevalent disease in several tropical and subtropical regions, including Brazil,
where it remains a significant public health concern. Even though there have been …

Rapid evolution of consumptive and non‐consumptive predator effects on prey population densities, bioenergetics and stoichiometry

C Zhang, L De Meester, R Stoks - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Predators can strongly influence prey populations not only through consumptive effects (CE)
but also through non‐consumptive effects (NCE) imposed by predation risk. Yet, the impact …

The influence of oviposition status on measures of transmission potential in malaria-infected mosquitoes depends on sugar availability

JC Shiau, N Garcia-Diaz, DE Kyle, AK Pathak - Parasites & Vectors, 2024 - Springer
Background Like other oviparous organisms, the gonotrophic cycle of mosquitoes is not
complete until they have selected a suitable habitat to oviposit. In addition to the …

Forest Restoration and the Zoonotic Vector Anopheles balabacensis in Sabah, Malaysia

G Davidson, P Speldewinde, BO Manin, A Cook… - EcoHealth, 2024 - Springer
Anthropogenic changes to forest cover have been linked to an increase in zoonotic
diseases. In many areas, natural forests are being replaced with monoculture plantations …