Climate change influences on global distributions of dengue and chikungunya virus vectors.

ABSTRACT: Numerous recent studies have illuminated global distributions of human cases of dengue and other mosquito-transmitted diseases, yet the potential distributions of key vector species have not been incorporated integrally into those mapping efforts. Projections onto future conditions to illuminate potential distributional shifts in coming decades are similarly lacking, at least outside Europe. This study examined the global potential distributions of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in relation to climatic variation worldwide to develop ecological niche models that, in turn, allowed anticipation of possible changes in distributional patterns into the future. Results indicated complex global rearrangements of potential distributional areas, which--given the impressive dispersal abilities of

SUBMITTER: Campbell LP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4342968 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature