Predicting potential ranges of primary malaria vectors and malaria in northern South America based on projected changes in climate, land cover and human population

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Alimi, Temitope O ^a   Fuller, Douglas O ^a   Qualls, Whitney A ^b   Herrera, Socrates V ^c,d   Arevalo Herrera, Myriam ^c,d   Quinones, Martha L ^e   Lacerda, Marcus V G ^f,g   Beier, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Centro de Investigación Caucaseco   (Colombia)

^d University Hospital of Valle   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^f FUNDAÇÃO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DR HEITOR VIEIRA DOURADO   (Brazil)

^g INSTITUTO LEÔNIDAS E MARIA DEANE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

An. darlingi; An. nuneztovari s.l; Climate change; Land use changes; Malaria; Maxent; Population expansion; South America; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES DARLINGI; ANOPHELES NUNEZTOVARI; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMAN; LAND USE; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TREND STUDY; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; INSECT VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; TRANSMISSION;

ANOPHELES DARLINGI; ANOPHELES NUNEZTOVARI;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; POPULATION GROWTH; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84939542582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-1033-9     Document Type: Article

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