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Understanding Mosquito Faunal Diversity: An Approach to Assess the Burden of Vector-Borne Diseases in Three Representative Topographies (Rural, Urban, and Peri-Urban) of Ganjam District in Odisha State, India.
J Trop Med
September 2024
Department of Zoology Berhampur University, Bhanja Bihar 760007, Odisha, India.
Article Synopsis
- Mosquitoes are major disease carriers affecting global health, and their diversity changes with climate and breeding habitats across different seasons.
- A study in Ganjam, Odisha, evaluated mosquito diversity in rural, peri-urban, and urban areas to predict disease transmission risks, revealing higher species richness and abundance in peri-urban locations.
- The study suggests that while increased mosquito species richness may lower disease risk, greater dominance of vector species in new habitats can lead to new disease outbreaks, with a noted risk of lymphatic filariasis, malaria, and dengue/chikungunya in various areas.
Niche partitioning and host specialisation in fish-parasitising isopods: Trait-dependent patterns from three ecosystems on the east coast of India.
Ecol Evol
September 2024
Estuarine Biology Regional Center, Zoological Survey of India Ganjam India.
Due to their large size and obligate nature, Cymothoid isopods inflict a high degree of tissue damage to fish. Still, they are understudied at an ecosystem level despite their global presence and ecological role. In this work, we collected fish host-isopod parasite data, along with their life history and ecological traits, from the northern part of the east coast of India and investigated patterns in host specialisation and preference of isopod parasites using a trait-based network perspective.
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