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Human practices promote presence and abundance of disease-transmitting mosquito species

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Schrama, Maarten, Hunting, Ellard R., Beechler, Brianna R., Guarido, Milehna M., Govender, Dann, Nijland, Wiebe, ‘t Zelfde, Maarten, Venter, Marietjie, van Bodegom, Peter M. and Gorsich, Erin E. (2020) Human practices promote presence and abundance of disease-transmitting mosquito species. Scientific Reports, 10 . 13543 . doi:10.1038/s41598-020-69858-3

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Abstract

Humans alter the environment at unprecedented rates through habitat destruction, nutrient pollution and the application of agrochemicals. This has recently been proposed to act as a potentially significant driver of pathogen-carrying mosquito species (disease vectors) that pose a health risk to humans and livestock. Here, we use a unique set of locations along a large geographical gradient to show that landscapes disturbed by a variety of anthropogenic stressors are consistently associated with vector-dominated mosquito communities for a wide range of human and livestock infections. This strongly suggests that human alterations to the environment promote the presence and abundance of disease vectors across large spatial extents. As such, it warrants further studies aimed at unravelling mechanisms underlying vector prevalence in mosquito communities, and opens up new opportunities for preventative action and predictive modelling of vector borne disease risks in relation to degradation of natural ecosystems.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Life Sciences (2010- )
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Mosquitoes as carriers of disease, Communicable diseases -- Transmission, Communicable diseases -- Transmission -- Kenya, Communicable diseases -- Environmental aspects
Journal or Publication Title: Scientific Reports
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
ISSN: 2045-2322
Official Date: 11 August 2020
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DateEvent
11 August 2020Available
9 July 2020Accepted
Volume: 10
Article Number: 13543
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69858-3
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
2016.08Rijksuniversiteit te Leidenhttp://viaf.org/viaf/159511000
2016.08Gratama Foundationhttp://www.gratama.net/
SUB.2016.12.08Uyttenboogaart-Eliasen Stichtinghttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100010195
IDEAS grant Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain)http://viaf.org/viaf/146552470
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