Mechanistic Modeling of <i>Aedes aegypti</i> Mosquito Habitats for Climate-Informed Dengue Forecasting.

ABSTRACT: The mosquito-borne disease dengue is sensitive to climate, in part because of the influence climate has on breeding habitats of dengue's Aedes mosquito vectors. Dengue risk assessment models currently leverage climate-dengue statistical associations, yet what remain understudied are the mechanistic pathways that yield different statistical relationships in different locations. We hypothesize that elucidating the mechanisms by which spatiotemporal variability in climate influences dengue incidence will improve dengue dynamics predictions across climatically distinct locations and beyond dengue's well-known seasonal cycles. We test this hypothesis by investigating a key pathway in the climate-dengue process chain: climate impacts on Aedes breeding habitats. We hav

SUBMITTER: Yasanayake CN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12439285 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature