Quantifying sociodemographic heterogeneities in the distribution of Aedes aegypti among California households.

ABSTRACT: The spread of Aedes aegypti in California and other regions of the U.S. has increased the need to understand the potential for local chains of Ae. aegypti-borne virus transmission, particularly in arid regions where the ecology of these mosquitoes is less understood. For public health and vector control programs, it is helpful to know whether variation in risk of local transmission can be attributed to socio-demographic factors that could help to target surveillance and control programs. Socio-demographic factors have been shown to influence transmission risk of dengue virus outside the U.S. by modifying biting rates and vector abundance. In regions of the U.S. where Ae. aegypti have recently invaded and where residential areas are structured differently than those in the tropics where Ae.

SUBMITTER: Donnelly MAP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7394445 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature