MODIRISK: Mosquito vectors of disease, collection, monitoring and longitudinal data from Belgium.

ABSTRACT: The MODIRISK project studied mosquito biodiversity and monitored and predicted biodiversity changes, to actively prepare to address issues of biodiversity change, especially invasive species and new pathogen risks. This work is essential given continuing global changes that may create suitable conditions for invasive species spread and the (re-)emergence of vector-borne diseases in Europe. Key strengths of MODIRISK, in the context of sustainable development, were the links between biodiversity and health and the environment, and its contribution to the development of tools for describing the spatial distribution of mosquito biodiversity. MODIRISK addressed key topics of the global Diversitas initiative, which was a main driver of the Belspo 'Science for a Sustainable Development' research

SUBMITTER: Van Bortel W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9930536 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature