[HTML][HTML] Environmental drivers, climate change and emergent diseases transmitted by mosquitoes and their vectors in southern Europe: A systematic review

S Brugueras, B Fernández-Martínez… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mosquito borne diseases are a group of infections that affect humans. Emerging or
reemerging diseases are those that (re) occur in regions, groups or hosts that were …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of environmental factors related to WNV circulation in European and Mediterranean countries

C Giesen, Z Herrador, B Fernandez-Martinez… - One Health, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction/objective West Nile virus (WNV) is one of the most widely distributed
flaviviruses worldwide. It is considered an endemic and emerging pathogen in different …

Effects of landscape anthropization on mosquito community composition and abundance

M Ferraguti, J Martínez-de La Puente, D Roiz, S Ruiz… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Anthropogenic landscape transformation has an important effect on vector-borne pathogen
transmission. However, the effects of urbanization on mosquito communities are still only …

Unmanned aircraft systems for studying spatial abundance of ungulates: relevance to spatial epidemiology

JA Barasona, M Mulero-Pázmány, P Acevedo… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Complex ecological and epidemiological systems require multidisciplinary and innovative
research. Low cost unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) can provide information on the spatial …

The color out of space: learning self-supervised representations for earth observation imagery

S Vincenzi, A Porrello, P Buzzega… - 2020 25th …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The recent growth in the number of satellite images fosters the development of effective
deep-learning techniques for Remote Sensing (RS). However, their full potential is untapped …

Larval habitats and species diversity of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in West Azerbaijan Province, Northwestern Iran

M Amini, AA Hanafi-Bojd, AA Aghapour, AR Chavshin - BMC ecology, 2020 - Springer
Background The characteristics of a larval habitat is an important factor which affects the
breeding pattern and population growth of mosquitoes Information about the larval habitat …

Culex modestus: the overlooked mosquito vector

A Soto, L Delang - Parasites & Vectors, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Culex (Barraudius) modestus (Ficalbi 1889) are found in temperate regions across
Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. These mosquitoes thrive during the summer and prefer to …

Spring temperature shapes West Nile virus transmission in Europe

G Marini, M Manica, L Delucchi, A Pugliese, R Rosà - Acta Tropica, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract West Nile Virus (WNV) is now endemic in many European countries, causing
hundreds of human cases every year, with a high spatial and temporal heterogeneity …

Strengths and weaknesses of Global Positioning System (GPS) data-loggers and semi-structured interviews for capturing fine-scale human mobility: findings from …

VA Paz-Soldan, RC Reiner Jr… - PLoS neglected …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Quantifying human mobility has significant consequences for studying physical activity,
exposure to pathogens, and generating more realistic infectious disease models. Location …

Effects of climatic and environmental factors on mosquito population inferred from West Nile virus surveillance in Greece

F Ferraccioli, N Riccetti, A Fasano, S Mourelatos… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Mosquito-borne diseases' impact on human health is among the most prominent of all
communicable diseases. With limited pool of tools to contrast these diseases, public health …