Urbanization creates diverse aquatic habitats for immature mosquitoes in urban areas.

ABSTRACT: Global increases in temperatures and urbanization are impacting the epidemiology of mosquito-borne diseases. Urbanization processes create suitable habitats for vector mosquitoes in which there are a reduced number of predators, and human hosts are widely available. We hypothesize that mosquito vector species, especially Aedes aegypti, are locally concentrated primarily in those specific habitats at the neighborhood levels that provide suitable conditions and environmental resources needed for mosquito survival. Determining how mosquito vector species composition and abundance depend on environmental resources across habitats addresses where different types of vector control need to be applied. Therefore, our goal was to analyze and identify the most productive aquatic habitats for mosquit

SUBMITTER: Wilke ABB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6814835 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature