Human practices promote presence and abundance of disease‑transmitting mosquito species
dc.contributor.author | Schrama, Maarten | |
dc.contributor.author | Hunting, Ellard R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Beechler, Brianna R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Guarido, Milehna M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Govender, Danny | |
dc.contributor.author | Nijland, Wiebe | |
dc.contributor.author | Van ‘t Zelfde, Maarten | |
dc.contributor.author | Venter, Marietjie | |
dc.contributor.author | Van Bodegom, Peter M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gorsich, Erin E. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-08T10:19:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-04-08T10:19:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-08 | |
dc.description.abstract | Humans alter the environment at unprecedented rates through habitat destruction, nutrient pollution and the application of agrochemicals. This has recently been proposed to act as a potentially significant driver of pathogen-carrying mosquito species (disease vectors) that pose a health risk to humans and livestock. Here, we use a unique set of locations along a large geographical gradient to show that landscapes disturbed by a variety of anthropogenic stressors are consistently associated with vector-dominated mosquito communities for a wide range of human and livestock infections. This strongly suggests that human alterations to the environment promote the presence and abundance of disease vectors across large spatial extents. As such, it warrants further studies aimed at unravelling mechanisms underlying vector prevalence in mosquito communities, and opens up new opportunities for preventative action and predictive modelling of vector borne disease risks in relation to degradation of natural ecosystems. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Medical Virology | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | am2021 | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | We thank Kruger National Park and the communities surrounding the park for the great field work opportunities and housing. This incredible amount of work could not have been taken place without the great help that Skhumbuza provided during those long field work months, and the assistance from a large collective of volunteers and students: Matthijs, Gerda, Henrik, Karabo, Ndumie, Nina, Vicky, Louie, Gijs and Tino. This study was supported by LUF/Gratama (Grant 2016.08), and Uyttenboogaart-Eliasen (Grant SUB.2016.12.08) both awarded to M.S., and the RCN-IDEAS grant which was awarded to E.E.G. | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | LUF/Gratama, Uyttenboogaart-Eliasen and the RCN-IDEAS. | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.nature.com/srep | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Schrama, M., Hunting, E.R .& Beechler, B.R. 2020, 'Human practices promote presence and abundance of disease‑transmitting mosquito species', Scientific Reports, vol. 10, art. 13543, pp. 1-6. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1038/s41598-020-69858-3 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79352 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Nature Publishing Group | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2020. Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Humans | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Habitat destruction | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Nutrient pollution | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Agrochemicals | en_ZA |
dc.title | Human practices promote presence and abundance of disease‑transmitting mosquito species | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |
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