Sensitivity of Anopheles gambiae population dynamics to meteo-hydrological variability: a mechanistic approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mechanistic models play an important role in many biological disciplines, and they can effectively contribute to evaluate the spatial-temporal evolution of mosquito populations, in the light of the increasing knowledge of the crucial driving role on vector dynamics played by meteo-climatic features as well as other physical-biological characteristics of the landscape.

Methods

In malaria eco-epidemiology landscape components (atmosphere, water bodies, land use) interact with the epidemiological system (interacting populations of vector, human, and parasite). In the background of the eco-epidemiological approach, a mosquito population model is here proposed to evaluate the sensitivity of An. gambiae s.s. population to some peculiar thermal-pluviometric scenarios. Th

SUBMITTER: Gilioli G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3206495 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature