Determinants of Aedes mosquito larval ecology in a heterogeneous urban environment- a longitudinal study in Bengaluru, India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Aedes-borne disease risk is associated with contemporary urbanization practices where city developing structures function as a catalyst for creating mosquito breeding habitats. We lack better understanding on how the links between landscape ecology and urban geography contribute to the prevalence and abundance of mosquito and pathogen spread.

Methods

An outdoor longitudinal study in Bengaluru (Karnataka, India) was conducted between February 2021 and June 2022 to examine the effects of macrohabitat types on the diversity and distribution of larval habitats, mosquito species composition, and body size to quantify the risk of dengue outbreak in the landscape context.

Findings

A total of 8,717 container breeding sites were inspected, of these 1,316 were wet br

SUBMITTER: Dharmamuthuraja D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10659209 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature