The impact of deforestation, urbanization, and changing land use patterns on the ecology of mosquito and tick-borne diseases in Central America

DI Ortiz, M Piche-Ovares, LM Romero-Vega, J Wagman… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Central America is a region that possesses distinct ecological and
socioeconomic characteristics, making it increasingly vulnerable to vector-borne diseases …

Anopheles albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae) Ensemble Distribution Modeling: Applications for Malaria Elimination

CG Rhodes, JR Loaiza, LM Romero… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Costa Rica is near malaria elimination. However, sporadic outbreaks still
occur, and while control strategies have been focused on delivering efficient treatments for …

Seasonal changes in the diversity, host preferences and infectivity of mosquitoes in two arbovirus-endemic regions of Costa Rica

LM Romero-Vega, M Piche-Ovares, C Soto-Garita… - Parasites & …, 2023 - Springer
Background Mosquitoes are vectors of various arboviruses belonging to the genera
Alphavirus and Flavivirus, and Costa Rica is endemic to several of them. The aim of this …

Using VHR satellite imagery, OBIA and landscape metrics to improve mosquito surveillance in urban areas

CR Gonzalez, C Guzman, V Andreo - Ecological Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
Surveillance is critical to efficiently control and prevent mosquito-borne diseases such as
Dengue. Surveillance relies on sampling the target region for arthropod vectors over time …

[HTML][HTML] Hospitalization status and gender recognition over the arboviral medical records using shallow and RNN-based deep models

K Gorur, O Cetin, Z Ozer, F Temurtas - Results in Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
In global health systems, clinicians have a challenging decision of a triage patient exposed
to arbovirus infections to determine they should be hospitalized. Diagnosing symptoms and …

Satellite-based modelling of potential tsetse (Glossina pallidipes) breeding and foraging sites using teneral and non-teneral fly occurrence data

S Gachoki, T Groen, A Vrieling, M Okal, A Skidmore… - Parasites & vectors, 2021 - Springer
Background African trypanosomiasis, which is mainly transmitted by tsetse flies (Glossina
spp.), is a threat to public health and a significant hindrance to animal production. Tools that …

Defining the roles of local precipitation and anthropogenic water sources in driving the abundance of Aedes aegypti, an emerging disease vector in urban, arid …

EA Newman, X Feng, JD Onland, KR Walker… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding drivers of disease vectors' population dynamics is a pressing challenge. For
short-lived organisms like mosquitoes, landscape-scale models must account for their highly …

Broadscale spatial synchrony in a West Nile virus mosquito vector across multiple timescales

LP Campbell, AM Bauer, Y Tavares, RP Guralnick… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Insects often exhibit irruptive population dynamics determined by environmental conditions.
We examine if populations of the Culex tarsalis mosquito, a West Nile virus (WNV) vector …

Ensemble species distribution modeling of Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae) in the continental United States

CG Rhodes, LF Chaves, LR Bergmann… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
West Nile virus (WNV) is the primary mosquito-borne disease in the United States and has
had case reports every year since its introduction in 1999. As such, it is critical that we …

Common patterns between dengue cases, climate, and local environmental variables in Costa Rica: A wavelet approach

YE García, SW Chou-Chen, LA Barboza… - PLOS Global Public …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Dengue transmission poses significant challenges for public health authorities worldwide
due to its susceptibility to various factors, including environmental and climate variability …