Climate and dengue transmission: evidence and implications

CW Morin, AC Comrie, K Ernst - Environmental health …, 2013 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Climate influences dengue ecology by affecting vector dynamics, agent
development, and mosquito/human interactions. Although these relationships are known …

Gene drive dynamics in natural populations: The importance of density dependence, space, and sex

S Dhole, AL Lloyd, F Gould - Annual review of ecology …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The spread of synthetic gene drives is often discussed in the context of panmictic
populations connected by gene flow and described with simple deterministic models. Under …

The Impact of Temperature on the Bionomics of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti, With Special Reference to the Cool Geographic Range Margins

L Eisen, AJ Monaghan… - Journal of medical …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The mosquito Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (L.), which occurs widely in the subtropics
and tropics, is the primary urban vector of dengue and yellow fever viruses, and an important …

Effects of temperature on the life cycle, expansion, and dispersion of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in three cities in Paraiba, Brazil

RA Marinho, EB Beserra… - Journal of Vector …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The mosquito Aedes aegypti is the primary vector of dengue and is common throughout
tropical and subtropical regions. Its distribution is modulated by environmental factors, such …

Modelling the Use of Wolbachia to Control Dengue Fever Transmission

H Hughes, NF Britton - Bulletin of mathematical biology, 2013 - Springer
Experiments and field trials have shown that the intracellular bacterium Wolbachia may be
introduced into populations of the mosquito Aedes aegypti, the primary vector for dengue …

[HTML][HTML] Implications of diet on mosquito life history traits and pathogen transmission

L Carvajal-Lago, MJ Ruiz-López, J Figuerola… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The environment, directly and indirectly, affects many mosquito traits in both the larval and
adult stages. The availability of food resources is one of the key factors influencing these …

Assessing the efficiency of Wolbachia driven Aedes mosquito suppression by delay differential equations

M Huang, J Luo, L Hu, B Zheng, J Yu - Journal of theoretical biology, 2018 - Elsevier
To suppress wild population of Aedes mosquitoes, the primary transmission vector of life-
threatening diseases such as dengue, malaria, and Zika, an innovative strategy is to release …

Density‐dependent population dynamics in Aedes aegypti slow the spread of wMel Wolbachia

PA Hancock, VL White, AG Callahan… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Field release of endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria into wild Aedes aegypti mosquito
populations is a promising strategy for biocontrol of dengue. This strategy requires …

Diet and density dependent competition affect larval performance and oviposition site selection in the mosquito species Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae)

M Yoshioka, J Couret, F Kim, J McMillan, TR Burkot… - Parasites & vectors, 2012 - Springer
Background Oviposition-site choice is an essential component of the life history of all
mosquito species. According to the oviposition-preference offspring-performance (PP) …

Meteorologically driven simulations of dengue epidemics in San Juan, PR

CW Morin, AJ Monaghan, MH Hayden… - PLoS neglected …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Meteorological factors influence dengue virus ecology by modulating vector mosquito
population dynamics, viral replication, and transmission. Dynamic modeling techniques can …