The impact of deforestation, urbanization, and changing land use patterns on the ecology of mosquito and tick-borne diseases in Central America

DI Ortiz, M Piche-Ovares, LM Romero-Vega, J Wagman… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Central America is a region that possesses distinct ecological and
socioeconomic characteristics, making it increasingly vulnerable to vector-borne diseases …

Biodiversity monitoring, earth observations and the ecology of scale

CB Anderson - Ecology letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Human activity and land‐use change are dramatically altering the sizes, geographical
distributions and functioning of biological populations worldwide, with tremendous …

Updating the geographical distribution and frequency of Aedes albopictus in Brazil with remarks regarding its range in the Americas

RG Carvalho/, R Lourenço-de-Oliveira… - Memórias do Instituto …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
The geographical distribution of Aedes albopictus in Brazil was updated according to the
data recorded across the country over the last eight years. Countrywide house indexes (HI) …

Arbovirus vectors of epidemiological concern in the Americas: a scoping review of entomological studies on Zika, dengue and chikungunya virus vectors

R Jones, MA Kulkarni, TMV Davidson… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Three arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) causing human disease have
been the focus of a large number of studies in the Americas since 2013 due to their global …

Historical inability to control Aedes aegypti as a main contributor of fast dispersal of chikungunya outbreaks in Latin America

I Fernández-Salas, R Danis-Lozano… - Antiviral Research, 2015 - Elsevier
The arrival of chikungunya fever (CHIKF) in Latin American countries has been expected to
trigger epidemics and challenge health systems. Historically considered as dengue …

Determinants of Aedes mosquito density as an indicator of arbovirus transmission risk in three sites affected by co-circulation of globally spreading arboviruses in …

B Talbot, B Sander, V Cevallos, C González… - Parasites & vectors, 2021 - Springer
Background The global impact of Zika virus in Latin America has drawn renewed attention to
circulating mosquito-borne viruses in this region, such as dengue and chikungunya. Our …

[PDF][PDF] Spatial Repellency and the Field Evaluation of a Push-Pull Strategy for the Control of Malaria Vectors in Northern Belize, Central America

JM Wagman - 2014 - researchgate.net
Spatial Repellency and the Field Evaluation of a Push-Pull Strategy for the Control of
Malaria Vectors in Northern Belize, Centr Page 1 Spatial Repellency and the Field …

[PDF][PDF] Determinants of arbovirus vector density as a measure of transmission risk in regions of recent Zika virus introduction in the Americas

B Talbot, B Sander, V Cevallos, C González, D Benítez… - 2021 - scholar.archive.org
Background The global impact of Zika virus in Latin America and the Caribbean has drawn
renewed attention to circulating mosquito-borne viruses in this region, such as dengue and …

A comprehensive needs assessment to identify priority program targets for mosquito vector control and related diseases in Belmopan, Belize

ME Schooler - 2017 - search.proquest.com
This was a mixed-methods study aimed to comprehensively assess factors associated with
mosquito control in Belmopan, Belize, in order to better inform stakeholders on the …