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 …

Effects of climate and climate change on vectors and vector-borne diseases: ticks are different

NH Ogden, LR Lindsay - Trends in parasitology, 2016 - cell.com
There has been considerable debate as to whether global risk from vector-borne diseases
will be impacted by climate change. This has focussed on important mosquito-borne …

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 …

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 …

Effects of Fluctuating Daily Temperatures at Critical Thermal Extremes on Aedes aegypti Life-History Traits

LB Carrington, MV Armijos, L Lambrechts, CM Barker… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background The effect of temperature on insect biology is well understood under constant
temperature conditions, but less so under more natural, fluctuating conditions. A fluctuating …

The role of environmental variables on Aedes albopictus biology and chikungunya epidemiology

J Waldock, NL Chandra, J Lelieveld… - Pathogens and global …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Aedes albopictus is a vector of dengue and chikungunya viruses in the field, along with
around 24 additional arboviruses under laboratory conditions. As an invasive mosquito …

Fine-scale variation in microclimate across an urban landscape shapes variation in mosquito population dynamics and the potential of Aedes albopictus to transmit …

CC Murdock, MV Evans, TD McClanahan… - PLoS neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Most statistical and mechanistic models used to predict mosquito-borne disease
transmission incorporate climate drivers of disease transmission by utilizing environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Manifold habitat effects on the prevalence and diversity of avian blood parasites

RNM Sehgal - International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Habitats are rapidly changing across the planet and the consequences will have major and
long-lasting effects on wildlife and their parasites. Birds harbor many types of blood …

Modelling the impact of vector control interventions on Anopheles gambiae population dynamics

MT White, JT Griffin, TS Churcher, NM Ferguson… - Parasites & vectors, 2011 - Springer
Background Intensive anti-malaria campaigns targeting the Anopheles population have
demonstrated substantial reductions in adult mosquito density. Understanding the …

[PDF][PDF] Climate, environment and transmission of malaria

A Caputo, PL Garavelli - Infez Med, 2016 - infezmed.it
Global warming induced by human activities has increased the risk of vector-borne diseases
such as malaria. Recent decades have witnessed changes in the ecosystem and climate …