Global-scale relationships between climate and the dengue fever vector, Aedes aegypti

Global-scale relationships between climate and the dengue fever vector, Aedes aegypti

Considerable interest exists in the potential role climate may play in human health issues, especially regarding the effect of climate change on vector-borne disease. The Aedes aegypti mosquito, the principal vector for dengue, considered the most important vector-borne viral disease in the world, i...

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Veröffentlicht in:Climatic change 2001-02, Vol.48 (2-3), p.441-463
Hauptverfasser: HOPP, Marianne J, FOLEY, Jonathan A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aedes aegypti
Aquatic insects
Climate
Climate change
Climate effects
Climate variability
Coasts
Correlation analysis
Culicidae
Dengue fever
Disease
Earth, ocean, space
Ecology
Epidemics
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
Infectious diseases
Malaria
Meteorology
Mosquitoes
Other topics in atmospheric geophysics
Pandemics
Population
Precipitation
Socioeconomic factors
Temperature
Tropical diseases
Vector-borne diseases
Vectors (Biology)
Viral diseases
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Zusammenfassung:Considerable interest exists in the potential role climate may play in human health issues, especially regarding the effect of climate change on vector-borne disease. The Aedes aegypti mosquito, the principal vector for dengue, considered the most important vector-borne viral disease in the world, is particularly susceptible to climate variability and climatic change.
ISSN:0165-0009
1573-1480
DOI:10.1023/a:1010717502442