Control and Surveillance of Mosquitoes to Reduce the Spread of Mosquito-Borne Disease

A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical and Livestock Entomology".

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1. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA
2. Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Disease Control Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Interests: medical entomology; vector control interventions; insecticide resistance; population genomics and evolution; molecular biology; Anopheles; Aedes; Culex; triatomine bugs
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Dear Colleagues,

Mosquito-borne diseases pose a threat to the health of millions of people, particularly in tropical and sub-tropical environments. In some parts of the world, these diseases are undergoing expansion of their spatial ranges or re-emerging in areas where they have subsided for decades, and it is estimated that many more people could be exposed to a host of mosquito-borne diseases as the climate warms. The control of mosquito disease vectors is therefore of continued importance. This Special Issue aims to review advances in the control and surveillance of mosquito-borne diseases within the journal’s scope of applied entomology, pest management, and insects and public health.

This Special Issue will include original articles presenting research carried out in the laboratory and the field, as well as important case studies, considering medically significant future opportunities and threats to the control and surveillance of mosquitoes.

Dr. Louisa Alexandra Messenger
Dr. Mojca Kristan
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Keywords

  • mosquito-borne diseases
  • medical entomology
  • vector control
  • insecticide resistance
  • surveillance
  • malaria vector

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Spatiotemporal Characterization of Dengue Incidence and Its Correlation to Climate Parameters in Indonesia
by Mamenun, Yonny Koesmaryono, Ardhasena Sopaheluwakan, Rini Hidayati, Bambang Dwi Dasanto and Rita Aryati
Insects 2024, 15(5), 366; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects15050366 - 17 May 2024
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Dengue has become a public health concern in Indonesia since it was first found in 1968. This study aims to determine dengue hotspot areas and analyze the spatiotemporal distribution of dengue and its association with dominant climate parameters nationally. Monthly data for dengue [...] Read more.
Dengue has become a public health concern in Indonesia since it was first found in 1968. This study aims to determine dengue hotspot areas and analyze the spatiotemporal distribution of dengue and its association with dominant climate parameters nationally. Monthly data for dengue and climate observations (i.e., rainfall, relative humidity, average, maximum, and minimum temperature) at the regency/city level were utilized. Dengue hotspot areas were determined through K-means clustering, while Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) determined dominant climate parameters and their spatiotemporal distribution. Results revealed four clusters: Cluster 1 comprised cities with medium to high Incidence Rates (IR) and high Case Densities (CD) in a narrow area. Cluster 2 has a high IR and low CD, and clusters 3 and 4 featured medium and low IR and CD, respectively. SVD analysis indicated that relative humidity and rainfall were the most influential parameters on IR across all clusters. Temporal fluctuations in the first mode of IR and climate parameters were clearly delineated. The spatial distribution of heterogeneous correlation between the first mode of rainfall and relative humidity to IR exhibited higher values, which were predominantly observed in Java, Bali, Nusa Tenggara, the eastern part of Sumatra, the southern part of Kalimantan, and several locations in Sulawesi. Full article
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