Emergence and prevalence of human vector-borne diseases in sink vector populations.

ABSTRACT: Vector-borne diseases represent a major public health concern in most tropical and subtropical areas, and an emerging threat for more developed countries. Our understanding of the ecology, evolution and control of these diseases relies predominantly on theory and data on pathogen transmission in large self-sustaining 'source' populations of vectors representative of highly endemic areas. However, there are numerous places where environmental conditions are less favourable to vector populations, but where immigration allows them to persist. We built an epidemiological model to investigate the dynamics of six major human vector borne-diseases in such non self-sustaining 'sink' vector populations. The model was parameterized through a review of the literature, and we performed extensive sensi

SUBMITTER: Rascalou G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3356347 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature