An Analysis of the Potential Impact of Climate Change on Dengue Transmission in the Southeastern United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dengue fever, caused by a mosquito-transmitted virus, is an increasing health concern in the Americas. Meteorological variables such as temperature and precipitation can affect disease distribution and abundance through biophysical impacts on the vector and on the virus. Such tightly coupled links may facilitate further spread of dengue fever under a changing climate. In the southeastern United States, the dengue vector is widely established and exists on the current fringe of dengue transmission.

Objectives

We assessed projected climate change-driven shifts in dengue transmission risk in this region.

Methods

We used a dynamic mosquito population and virus transmission model driven by meteorological data to simulate Aedes aegypti populations and deng

SUBMITTER: Butterworth MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5381975 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature