Risk assessment: aedine species and their pathogens
AEDES
From 03/2012 to 03/2013Principal Investigator: Carl Beierkuhnlein
Staff: Stephanie Thomas, Nils Tjaden, Dominik Fischer
- Identification of suitable habitats for aedine mosquitoes by correlating species occurrences and environmental parameters - Application of regional climate models to project future conditions
- Identification of areas where pathogen amplification is possible by mapping the temperature dependent extrinsic incubation period of the pathogen (the time that is needed after a contaminated bloodmeal to render a vector infective)
- Combination of vector and pathogens climatic suitable areas to identify areas at risk for vector-borne diseases
List of publications of this Project
Fischer, D; Thomas, S M; Neteler, M; Tjaden, N; Beierkuhnlein, C: Climatic suitability of Aedes albopictus in Europe referring to climate change projections: Comparison of mechanistic and correlative niche modelling approaches, Eurosurveillance, 19(6/4) (2014) [Link] -- Details |
Tjaden, N; Thomas, S M; Fischer, D; Beierkuhnlein, C: Extrinsic incubation period of dengue: Knowledge, backlog and applications of temperature-dependence, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2013), doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002207 -- Details |
Thomas, S M; Obermayr, U; Fischer, D; Kreyling, J; Beierkuhnlein, C: Low-temperature threshold for egg survival of a post-diapause and non-diapause European aedine strain, Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae), Parasites & Vectors, 5(100) (2012), doi:10.1186/1756-3305-5-100 [Link] -- Details |