Modelling the persistence of mosquito vectors of malaria in Burkina Faso.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Populations of the Anopheles gambiae complex are found during the rainy season throughout West Africa, even in arid areas with long dry seasons during which mosquitoes appear to be absent. Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain this apparent paradox, including aestivation, dispersal between neighbouring settlements, and long distance migration using high-altitude wind currents.

Methods

An individual-based, spatially explicit model of mosquito populations was developed for a region of West Africa centred on, and including all of, Burkina Faso. Populations associated with human settlements were linked by dispersal and the model incorporated geospatial data on the distribution of settlements, water bodies and rainfall.

Results

Local dispersal (at rat

SUBMITTER: North AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5879775 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature