Monitoring individual rice field flooding dynamics over a large scale to improve mosquito surveillance and control.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Progress in malaria elimination has been hindered by recent changes in mosquito behaviour and increased insecticide resistance in response to traditional vector control measures, such as indoor residual spraying and long-lasting insecticidal nets. There is, therefore, increasing interest in the use of larval source management (LSM) to supplement current insecticide-based interventions. However, LSM implementation requires the characterization of larval habitats at fine spatial and temporal scales to ensure interventions are well-placed and well-timed. Remotely sensed optical imagery captured via drones or satellites offers one way to monitor larval habitats remotely, but its use at large spatio-temporal scales has important limitations.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Randriamihaja M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11963359 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature