Combining Global and Local Estimates for Spatial Distribution of Mosquito Larval Habitats

Bian, Ling; Li, Li; Yan, Guiyun

doi:10.2747/1548-1603.43.2.128

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“…Dale et al (1998) reviewed some examples for disease vector mosquitoes in Australia. Other research includes Dale and Morris (1996) who used aerial photographs to identify ephemeral wetlands in urban subtropical Australia; Mushinzimana et al (2006) who used 1 m spatial resolution satellite imagery for African highlands in Kenya and Bian et al (2006) Zou et al (2006) were able to distinguish larval habitats in Wyoming (USA) using Landsat imagery.…”

Section: Mosquito Larval Habitatsmentioning

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Wetlands and mosquitoes: a review

Dale

Knight

2008

Wetlands Ecol Manage

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This review brings together information on mosquitoes, the diseases they transmit and the wetlands that provide habitats for the immature stages (eggs and larvae). Wetland values are mentioned, though the main literature on this does not generally overlap the mosquito issue. Mosquito management is overviewed to include: the use of larvicides, source reduction in intertidal wetlands and management in freshwater systems. There is not a great deal of information on mosquitoes and freshwater systems, except for constructed wetlands and they are considered separately. We then consider restoration mainly in the context of wetlands that have been the subject of habitat modification for mosquito control. Land use and climate change, as they affect mosquitoes and the diseases they transmit, are also reviewed, as this will affect wetlands via management activities. Finally the review addresses the critical issue of balancing health, both human and environmental, in an adaptive framework. It concludes that there is a need to ensure that both mosquito and wetland management communicate and integrate to sustain wetland and human health.

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Section: Mosquito Larval Habitatsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Wetlands and mosquitoes: a review

Dale

Knight

2008

Wetlands Ecol Manage

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“…Ecological studies of agent-vector-host relationships and improved surveillance methods have been cited as important priorities for addressing WNV epidemics, monitoring WNV spread, and predicting future outbreaks [45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53]. Ecological studies are also valuable because they may give insight into factors that affect temporal cycles in infectious disease risk [54,55].…”

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Exploring the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Reservoir Hosts, Vectors, and Human Hosts of West Nile Virus: A Review of the Recent Literature

Ozdenerol

Taff²,

Akkus

2013

IJERPH

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Over the last two decades West Nile Virus (WNV) has been responsible for significant disease outbreaks in humans and animals in many parts of the World. Its extremely rapid global diffusion argues for a better understanding of its geographic extent. The purpose of this inquiry was to explore spatio-temporal patterns of WNV using geospatial technologies to study populations of the reservoir hosts, vectors, and human hosts, in addition to the spatio-temporal interactions among these populations. Review of the recent literature on spatial WNV disease risk modeling led to the conclusion that numerous environmental factors might be critical for its dissemination. New Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-based studies are monitoring occurrence at the macro-level, and helping pinpoint areas of occurrence at the micro-level, where geographically-targeted, species-specific control measures are sometimes taken and more sophisticated methods of surveillance have been used.

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“…However, spatial autocorrelation frequently occurs for many ecological phenomena, possibly resulting in unreliable parameter estimation or inefficient estimates for LR. A simple approach to dealing with spatial autocorrelation in observations is to selectively remove some samples to reduce the level of spatial autocorrelation in the data (Bian et al, 2006). However, certain aspects of observation, for example, seasonality, can be removed during the thinning process.…”

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Analysing the generality of spatially predictive mosquito habitat models

Bian²,

Yakob

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Acta Tropica

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The increasing spread of multi-drug resistant malaria in African highlands has highlighted the importance of malaria suppression through vector control. Its historical success has meant that larval control has been proposed as part of an integrated malaria vector control program. Due to high operation costs, larval control activities would benefit greatly if the locations of mosquito habitats could be identified quickly and easily, allowing for focal habitat source suppression. Several mosquito habitat models have been developed to predict the location of mosquito habitats. However, to what extent these models can be generalised across time and space to predict the distribution of dynamic mosquito habitats remains largely unexplored. This study used mosquito habitat data collected in six different time periods and four different modelling approaches to establish 24 mosquito habitat models. We systematically tested the generality of these 24 mosquito habitat models. We found that although habitat–environment relationships change temporally, a modest level of performance was attained when validating the models using data collected from different time periods. We also describe flexible approaches to the predictive modelling of mosquito habitats, that provide novel modelling architecture for future research efforts.

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Combining Global and Local Estimates for Spatial Distribution of Mosquito Larval Habitats

Cited by 18 publications

References 18 publications

Wetlands and mosquitoes: a review

Wetlands and mosquitoes: a review

Exploring the Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Reservoir Hosts, Vectors, and Human Hosts of West Nile Virus: A Review of the Recent Literature

Analysing the generality of spatially predictive mosquito habitat models

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