Oil palm expansion increases the vectorial capacity of dengue vectors in Malaysian Borneo.

ABSTRACT: Changes in land-use and the associated shifts in environmental conditions can have large effects on the transmission and emergence of mosquito-borne disease. Mosquito-borne disease are particularly sensitive to these changes because mosquito growth, reproduction, survival and susceptibility to infection are all thermally sensitive traits, and land use change dramatically alters local microclimate. Predicting disease transmission under environmental change is increasingly critical for targeting mosquito-borne disease control and for identifying hotspots of disease emergence. Mechanistic models offer a powerful tool for improving these predictions. However, these approaches are limited by the quality and scale of temperature data and the thermal response curves that underlie predictions. Her

SUBMITTER: Gregory N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8959159 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature