Global spatial assessment of Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus: a scenario of Zika virus exposure.

ABSTRACT: Zika virus (ZIKV) is an arbovirus transmitted mainly by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Recent scientific evidence on Culex quinquefasciatus has suggested its potential as a vector for ZIKV, which may change the current risk zones. We aimed to quantify the world population potentially exposed to ZIKV in a spatially explicit way, considering the primary vector (A. aegypti) and the potential vector (C. quinquefasciatus). Our model combined species distribution modelling of mosquito species with spatially explicit human population data to estimate ZIKV exposure risk. We estimated the potential global distribution of C. quinquefasciatus and estimated its potential interaction zones with A. aegypti. Then we evaluated the risk zones for ZIKV considering both vectors. Finally, we quantified and compare

SUBMITTER: Alaniz AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6518585 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature