Ecological predictors of mosquito population and arbovirus transmission synchrony estimates.

ABSTRACT: Quantifying synchrony in species population fluctuations and determining its driving factors can inform multiple aspects of ecological and epidemiological research and policy decisions. We examined seasonal mosquito and arbovirus surveillance data collected in Connecticut, United States from 2001 to 2020 to quantify spatial relationships in 19 mosquito species and 7 arboviruses timeseries accounting for environmental factors such as climate and land cover characteristics. We determined that mosquito collections, on average, were significantly correlated up to 10 km though highly variable among the examined species. Few arboviruses displayed any synchrony and significant maximum correlated distances never exceeded 5 km. After accounting for distance, mixed effects models showed that mosquit

SUBMITTER: McMillan JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10179454 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature