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Global water quality changes posing threat of increasing infectious diseases, a case study on malaria vector Anopheles stephensi coping with the water pollutants using age-stage, two-sex life table method.

Mahmoud Fazeli-DinanMostafa AzarnooshMehmet Salih ÖzgökçeHsin ChiNasibeh Hosseini-VasoukolaeiFarzad Motevalli HaghiMohamad Ali ZazouliSeyed Hassan NikookarReza DehbandiAhmad Ali EnayatiMorteza ZaimJanet Hemingway
Published in: Malaria journal (2022)
The results of this study showed that An. stephensi can partially adapt to water pollution and this may be sufficient to extend the range of mosquito-borne diseases.
Keyphrases
  • water quality
  • infectious diseases
  • heavy metals
  • aedes aegypti
  • depressive symptoms
  • risk assessment
  • particulate matter
  • health risk assessment
  • zika virus
  • human health
  • climate change
  • air pollution
  • drinking water