Identifying environmental drivers of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus abundance in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex using Random Forest modeling.

ABSTRACT: Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus are 2 medically important vectors that have established populations globally. In the United States, Ae. aegypti populations declined post-Ae. albopictus introduction, though both species now can be readily found throughout the Southern US. Despite overlapping distributions, there are few studies that investigate and compare the drivers of abundance at spatial scales relevant to mosquito control and surveillance districts. To address this limitation, we analyzed longitudinal mosquito surveillance data from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, Texas. Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is an area of interest due to its rapid population growth, diverse environmental conditions, and prior history with epidemic West Nile virus transmission. We trained a Random Forest mode

SUBMITTER: O'Dell N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12271727 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature