Review of machine learning techniques for mosquito control in urban environments

A Joshi, C Miller - Ecological Informatics, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Machine learning (ML) techniques excel at forecasting, clustering, and classification
tasks, making them valuable for various aspects of mosquito control. In this literature review …

Synthesizing the connections between environmental disturbances and zoonotic spillover

JH Ellwanger, PM Fearnside, M Ziliotto… - Anais da Academia …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Zoonotic spillover is a phenomenon characterized by the transfer of pathogens between
different animal species. Most human emerging infectious diseases originate from non …

The Atlantic Forest

MCM Marques, CEV Grelle - … Biodiversity, Threats and Opportunities of the …, 2021 - Springer
The object of curiosity and admiration of scientists and conservationists, the Brazilian
Atlantic Forest is scientifically explored in this book. Over the 23 chapters written by 149 …

Roads and forest edges facilitate yellow fever virus dispersion

P Ribeiro Prist, L Reverberi Tambosi… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Landscape connectivity is important for a wide range of ecological processes, including to
disease spread, once it describes the degree to which landscapes facilitate or impede vector …

Howler monkey tolerance to habitat shrinking: Lifetime warranty or death sentence?

JC Bicca‐Marques, ÓM Chaves… - American Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat loss and fragmentation are major threats to the conservation of nonhuman primates.
Given that species differ in their responses to fragmented landscapes, identifying the factors …

Mapping environmental suitability of Haemagogus and Sabethes spp. mosquitoes to understand sylvatic transmission risk of yellow fever virus in Brazil

SL Li, AL Acosta, SC Hill, OJ Brady… - PLoS neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Yellow fever (YF) is an arboviral disease which is endemic to Brazil due to a
sylvatic transmission cycle maintained by infected mosquito vectors, non-human primate …

Causes and consequences of large-scale defaunation in the Atlantic forest

M Galetti, F Gonçalves, N Villar, VB Zipparro… - The atlantic forest …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Atlantic Forest of South America hosts one of the world's most diverse and
threatened tropical forest biota. After five centuries of European human expansion, most …

Spatial epidemiology of yellow fever: Identification of determinants of the 2016-2018 epidemics and at-risk areas in Brazil

B de Thoisy, NIO Silva, L Sacchetto… - PLoS neglected …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Optimise control strategies of infectious diseases, identify factors that favour the circulation of
pathogens, and propose risk maps are crucial challenges for global health. Ecological niche …

Trends in mosquito species distribution modeling: insights for vector surveillance and disease control

CA Lippi, SJ Mundis, R Sippy, JM Flenniken… - Parasites & …, 2023 - Springer
Species distribution modeling (SDM) has become an increasingly common approach to
explore questions about ecology, geography, outbreak risk, and global change as they …

Reemergence of yellow fever in Brazil: the role of distinct landscape fragmentation thresholds

RC Ilacqua, AR Medeiros-Sousa… - … and Public Health, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Yellow Fever Virus (YFV) reemergence in Brazil was followed by human suffering and the
loss of biodiversity of neotropical simians on the Atlantic coast. The underlying mechanisms …