The importance of vector control for the control and elimination of vector-borne diseases

AL Wilson, O Courtenay, LA Kelly-Hope… - PLoS neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) such as malaria, dengue, and leishmaniasis exert a huge
burden of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly affecting the poorest of the poor …

Climate change could shift disease burden from malaria to arboviruses in Africa

EA Mordecai, SJ Ryan, JM Caldwell… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Malaria is a long-standing public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa, whereas arthropod-
borne viruses (arboviruses) such as dengue and chikungunya cause an under-recognised …

Version 3 of the global aridity index and potential evapotranspiration database

RJ Zomer, J Xu, A Trabucco - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The “Global Aridity Index and Potential Evapotranspiration Database-Version
3”(Global-AI_PET_v3) provides high-resolution (30 arc-seconds) global hydro-climatic data …

Evidence of artemisinin-resistant malaria in Africa

B Balikagala, N Fukuda, M Ikeda… - … England Journal of …, 2021 - Mass Medical Soc
Abstract Background In the six Southeast Asian countries that make up the Greater Mekong
Subregion, Plasmodium falciparum has developed resistance to derivatives of artemisinin …

Terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems and their services

C Parmesan, MD Morecroft, Y Trisurat, R Adrian… - 2023 - ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk
Chapter 2, building on prior assessments, provides a global assessment of the observed
impacts and projected risks of climate change to terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems …

A new malaria vector in Africa: Predicting the expansion range of Anopheles stephensi and identifying the urban populations at risk

ME Sinka, S Pironon, NC Massey… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
In 2012, an unusual outbreak of urban malaria was reported from Djibouti City in the Horn of
Africa and increasingly severe outbreaks have been reported annually ever since …

Thermal biology of mosquito‐borne disease

EA Mordecai, JM Caldwell, MK Grossman… - Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Mosquito‐borne diseases cause a major burden of disease worldwide. The vital rates of
these ectothermic vectors and parasites respond strongly and nonlinearly to temperature …

Indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on malaria intervention coverage, morbidity, and mortality in Africa: a geospatial modelling analysis

DJ Weiss, A Bertozzi-Villa, SF Rumisha… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Substantial progress has been made in reducing the burden of malaria in Africa
since 2000, but those gains could be jeopardised if the COVID-19 pandemic affects the …

A global map of travel time to cities to assess inequalities in accessibility in 2015

DJ Weiss, A Nelson, HS Gibson, W Temperley… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The economic and man-made resources that sustain human wellbeing are not distributed
evenly across the world, but are instead heavily concentrated in cities. Poor access to …

Mapping the global prevalence, incidence, and mortality of Plasmodium falciparum, 2000–17: a spatial and temporal modelling study

DJ Weiss, TCD Lucas, M Nguyen, AK Nandi… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Since 2000, the scale-up of malaria control interventions has substantially
reduced morbidity and mortality caused by the disease globally, fuelling bold aims for …