Socio‐ecological drivers of multiple zoonotic hazards in highly urbanized cities

MA Combs, PA Kache, MC VanAcker… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The ongoing COVID‐19 pandemic is a stark reminder of the devastating consequences of
pathogen spillover from wildlife to human hosts, particularly in densely populated urban …

The Eye of the Tiger, the Thrill of the Fight: Effective Larval and Adult Control Measures Against the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Diptera …

A Faraji, I Unlu - Journal of medical entomology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skuse), is a highly invasive container-
inhabiting species with a global distribution. This mosquito, similar to other Stegomyia …

The ecological foundations of transmission potential and vector‐borne disease in urban landscapes

SL LaDeau, BF Allan, PT Leisnham… - Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Urban transmission of arthropod‐vectored disease has increased in recent decades.
Understanding and managing transmission potential in urban landscapes requires …

Fine-scale variation in microclimate across an urban landscape shapes variation in mosquito population dynamics and the potential of Aedes albopictus to transmit …

CC Murdock, MV Evans, TD McClanahan… - PLoS neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Most statistical and mechanistic models used to predict mosquito-borne disease
transmission incorporate climate drivers of disease transmission by utilizing environmental …

Estimating Past, Present, and Future Trends in the Global Distribution and Abundance of the Arbovirus Vector Aedes aegypti Under Climate Change Scenarios

J Liu-Helmersson, Å Brännström, MO Sewe… - Frontiers in public …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: Aedes aegypti is the principal vector for several important arbovirus diseases,
including dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika. While recent empirical research has …

Proliferation of Aedes aegypti in urban environments mediated by the availability of key aquatic habitats

ABB Wilke, C Vasquez, A Carvajal, J Medina… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Aedes aegypti is the main vector of dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever viruses.
Controlling populations of vector mosquito species in urban environments is a major …

Higher mosquito production in low-income neighborhoods of Baltimore and Washington, DC: understanding ecological drivers and mosquito-borne disease risk in …

SL LaDeau, PT Leisnham, D Biehler… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Mosquito-vectored pathogens are responsible for devastating human diseases and are (re)
emerging in many urban environments. Effective mosquito control in urban landscapes …

Identifying the environmental conditions favouring West Nile virus outbreaks in Europe

M Marcantonio, A Rizzoli, M Metz, R Rosà, G Marini… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
West Nile Virus (WNV) is a globally important mosquito borne virus, with significant
implications for human and animal health. The emergence and spread of new lineages, and …

Photoperiodic Diapause and the Establishment of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in North America

PA Armbruster - Journal of medical entomology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The invasion and range expansion of Aedes albopictus (Skuse) in North America represents
an outstanding opportunity to study processes of invasion, range expansion, and climatic …

Primary blood-hosts of mosquitoes are influenced by social and ecological conditions in a complex urban landscape

H Goodman, A Egizi, DM Fonseca, PT Leisnham… - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
Background Temperate urban landscapes support persistent and growing populations of
Culex and Aedes mosquito vectors. Large urban mosquito populations can represent a …