Mosquito-borne diseases contribute substantially to the global burden of disease, and are strongly influenced by environmental conditions. Ongoing and rapid environmental change necessitates improved understanding of the response of mosquito-borne diseases to environmental factors like temperature, and novel approaches to mapping and monitoring risk. Recent development of trait-based mechanistic models has improved understanding of the temperature dependence of transmission, but model predictions remain challenging to validate in the field.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Tick-borne diseases, particularly Lyme disease, are emerging across the northern hemisphere. In order to manage emerging diseases and predict where emergence will likely occur, it is necessary to understand the factors influencing the distribution, abundance and infection prevalence of vector species. In North America, Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease and is transmitted by blacklegged ticks.
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