Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) pose a major threat to human and animal health, with more
than 80% of the global population being at risk of acquiring at least one major VBD. Being …

The sterile insect technique (SIT) may offer a means to control the transmission of mosquito
borne diseases. SIT involves the release of male insects that have been sterilized by …

Species distribution modeling (SDM) has become an increasingly common approach to
explore questions about ecology, geography, outbreak risk, and global change as they …

The Mahalanobis distance is a statistical technique that has been used in statistics and data
science for data classification and outlier detection, and in ecology to quantify species …

In Colombia, little is known on the distribution of the Asian mosquito Aedes albopictus, main
vector of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in Asia and Oceania. Therefore, this work sought to …

Background This paper discusses a comparative geographic distribution of Aedes aegypti
and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes in Mexico, using environmental suitability modeling and …

Objective To identify the high risk spatiotemporal clusters of dengue cases and explore the
associated risk factors. Methods Monthly indigenous dengue cases in 2005-2017 were …

Simple Summary This study updated the potential distribution of the Asian tiger mosquito
Aedes albopictus in México and provided estimates to model uncertainty. We also assessed …

Aim Sample size and species characteristics, including prevalence and habitat
specialization, can influence the predictive performance of species distribution models …

This study reports the results of a molecular screening for Wolbachia (Wb) infection in Aedes
albopictus (Skuse) populations recently established in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. To …