What Could Be Responsible for Some Mosquito-Borne Diseases? Is It Poverty, Gender Inequality, Underdevelopment, Globalization, or Climate Change? Which One(s)?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mosquito-borne diseases are a major cause of mortality and disease burden worldwide. This study aimed to assess the trends in total disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to five mosquito-borne diseases, as well as their association with poverty, gender inequality, underdevelopment, globalization, and climate change, both globally and for the period from 1990 to 2021.

Methods

This ecological time-series study with a longitudinal analytical framework used a total of 27 variables obtained from different sources. The dependent variable of the study was mosquito-borne DALYs. The trend of the numerical variables over time was analyzed using joinpoint regression. The relationships between the dependent variable and the independent variables were examined using univa

SUBMITTER: Yildirim-Ozturk EN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12549193 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature