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The role of urbanisation in the spread of Aedes mosquitoes and the diseases they transmit-A systematic review.

Antonios KolimenakisSabine HeinzMichael Lowery WilsonVolker WinklerLaith YakobAntonios MichaelakisDimitrios P PapachristosClive RichardsonOlaf Horstick
Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2021)
The use of different methods in the included studies highlights the interplay of multiple factors linking urbanisation with ecological, entomological, and epidemiological parameters and the need to consider a variety of these factors for designing effective public health approaches.
Keyphrases
  • public health
  • aedes aegypti
  • dengue virus
  • climate change
  • zika virus
  • human health
  • risk assessment
  • case control