The effect of global change on mosquito-borne disease

• Published in: The Lancet infectious diseases Vol. 19; no. 9; pp. e302 - e312
• Main Authors: Franklinos, Lydia H V, Jones, Kate E, Redding, David W, Abubakar, Ibrahim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2019; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Agriculture; Aquatic insects; Built Environment; Climate Change; Climate models; Climatic conditions; Computer Simulation; Conservation of Natural Resources; Councils; Dengue - epidemiology; Disease; Epidemiology; Fever; Global Health; Health risks; Humans; Humidity; Infectious diseases; Land use; Literature reviews; Malaria - epidemiology; Medical research; Mosquito Vectors; Mosquitoes; New technology; Pathogens; Precipitation; Remote sensing; Socioeconomic Factors; System dynamics; Tropical diseases; Urbanization; Vector Borne Diseases - epidemiology; Vector-borne diseases; Vectors (Biology); Zika virus; United Kingdom > UK

More than 80% of the global population is at risk of a vector-borne disease, with mosquito-borne diseases being the largest contributor to human vector-borne disease burden. Although many global processes, such as land-use and socioeconomic change, are thought to affect mosquito-borne disease dynami...