Modelling distributions of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus using climate, host density and interspecies competition
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: Florida faces the challenge of repeated introduction and autochthonous transmission of arboviruses transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. Empirically-based predictive models of the spatial distribution of these species would aid surveillance and vector control efforts. To predict the occurrence and abundance of these species, we fit a mixed-effects zero-inflated negative binomial regression to a mosquito surveillance dataset with records from more than 200,000 trap days, representative of 53% of the land area and ranging from 2004 to 2018 in Florida. We found an asymmetrical competitive interaction between adult populations of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus for the sampled sites. Wind speed was negatively associated with the occurrence and abundance of both vectors. Our model predictions show high accuracy (72.9% to 94.5%) in validation tests leaving out a random 10% subset of sites and data since 2017, suggesting a potential for predicting the distribution of the two Aedes vectors.
Source: PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Authors: Bingyi Yang, Brooke A. Borgert, Barry W. Alto, Carl K. Boohene, Joe Brew, Kelly Deutsch, James T. DeValerio, Rhoel R. Dinglasan, Daniel Dixon, Joseph M. Faella, Sandra L. Fisher-Grainger, Gregory E. Glass, Reginald Hayes, David F. Hoel, Austin Horton, Agne Janusauskaite, Bill Kellner, Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Keira J. Lucas, Johana Medina, Rachel Morreale, William Petrie, Robert C. Reiner, Michael T. Riles, Henrik Salje, David L. Smith, John P. Smith, Amy Solis, Jason Stuck, Chalmers Vasquez, Katie F. Williams, Rui-De Xue, Derek A. T. Cummings
Institutions: University of Florida, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard University, University of Oxford, University of Washington, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Institut Pasteur, Florida State University-Panama, Clarke (United States)
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,420
Funders: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Langley Research Center, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, U.S. National Library of Medicine, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
OpenAlex ID: W3138384791