How environmental conditions impact mosquito ecology and Japanese encephalitis: An eco-epidemiological approach

• Published in: Environment international Vol. 79; pp. 17 - 24
• Main Authors: Tian, Huai-Yu, Bi, Peng, Cazelles, Bernard, Zhou, Sen, Huang, Shan-Qian, Yang, Jing, Pei, Yao, Wu, Xiao-Xu, Fu, Shi-Hong, Tong, Shi-Lu, Wang, Huan-Yu, Xu, Bing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2015
• Subjects: Animals; China; China - epidemiology; Climate; Culicidae; Culicidae - physiology; Density; Disease Vectors; Diseases; Ecology; Ecosystem; Encephalitis; Encephalitis, Japanese - epidemiology; Encephalitis, Japanese - transmission; Environmental thresholds; Generalized threshold models; Human; Humans; Humidity; Japanese encephalitis; Mathematical models; Mosquito vector; Population Density; Risk Factors; Risk management; Temperature; Thresholds; China; ISEW, Southeast Asia; China, People's Rep; China, People's Rep., Hunan Prov., Changsha; Generalized threshold models; Climate; Environmental thresholds; China; Mosquito vector; Japanese encephalitis

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is one of the major vector-borne diseases in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific region, posing a threat to human health. In rural and suburban areas, traditional rice farming and intensive pig breeding provide an ideal environment for both mosquito development and the...