Mosquito pool characteristics.

<div><p>As West Nile Virus (WNV) is expanding its geographical range across Europe, there is an urgent need to characterise and better understand its transmission drivers to inform public health surveillance, disease control, and preparedness planning. We utilised 10 consecutive years of...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Victoria M. Cox (21512666) (author)
مؤلفون آخرون: Katie Tiley (22794474) (author), Roberto Rosa (2295802) (author), Andrea Pugliese (203127) (author), Paola Angelini (161643) (author), Marco Carrieri (161626) (author), Samir Bhatt (144911) (author), Marco Tamba (161618) (author), Giovanni Marini (710787) (author), Mattia Calzolari (161592) (author), Ilaria Dorigatti (725102) (author)
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Roberto Rosa (2295802)
Andrea Pugliese (203127)
Paola Angelini (161643)
Marco Carrieri (161626)
Samir Bhatt (144911)
Marco Tamba (161618)
Giovanni Marini (710787)
Mattia Calzolari (161592)
Ilaria Dorigatti (725102)
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Katie Tiley (22794474)
Roberto Rosa (2295802)
Andrea Pugliese (203127)
Paola Angelini (161643)
Marco Carrieri (161626)
Samir Bhatt (144911)
Marco Tamba (161618)
Giovanni Marini (710787)
Mattia Calzolari (161592)
Ilaria Dorigatti (725102)
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Katie Tiley (22794474)
Roberto Rosa (2295802)
Andrea Pugliese (203127)
Paola Angelini (161643)
Marco Carrieri (161626)
Samir Bhatt (144911)
Marco Tamba (161618)
Giovanni Marini (710787)
Mattia Calzolari (161592)
Ilaria Dorigatti (725102)
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Biotechnology
Ecology
Science Policy
Infectious Diseases
Virology
Computational Biology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
west nile virus
mean regression coefficients
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climate change suggest
agricultural land use
findings provide evidence
wnv infection rates
wnv infection dynamics
mosquito wnv infection
human case reports
culex pipiens </
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found evidence
urgent need
respectively ),
reported cases
projected increase
preparedness planning
positively associated
optimal implementation
model estimates
local level
local birds
highly correlated
future work
future decades
estimated role
established hotspots
disease control
climatic conditions
better understanding
better understand
avian reservoir
animal health
75 )).
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description <div><p>As West Nile Virus (WNV) is expanding its geographical range across Europe, there is an urgent need to characterise and better understand its transmission drivers to inform public health surveillance, disease control, and preparedness planning. We utilised 10 consecutive years of large-scale and fine-resolution WNV entomological field surveillance data from the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy, to evaluate the relationships between WNV infection rates in <i>Culex</i> mosquitoes and environmental and climatic conditions as well as WNV presence in the avian reservoir. We used fine-scale spatiotemporal regression models including non-linearities, to assess the drivers of presence and prevalence of WNV-positive mosquitoes. We validated the model estimates against reported cases of human WNV neuroinvasive disease in the region. We found evidence of established hotspots of mosquito WNV infection across multiple years. The presence of WNV in local birds was positively associated with presence and prevalence of WNV-positive mosquitoes (mean regression coefficients: 0.776 (95% CrI, 0.469, 1.08) and 0.226 (95% CrI, 0.053, 0.399) respectively), and the proportion of agricultural land use was positively associated with presence of WNV-positive mosquitoes (4.20 (95% CrI, 2.65, 5.75)). We identified a minimum temperature threshold around 13°C, below which mosquito WNV infection was reduced. Our findings provide evidence of the impact of temperature and environment on <i>Culex</i> populations and WNV infection dynamics at the local level, which were highly correlated with human case reports. The estimated role of the minimum temperature and the observed and projected increase in this variable under climate change suggest that WNV will continue to represent a risk for human and animal health in the region in future decades. Future work should focus on better understanding the mechanisms behind infection drivers, on the optimal implementation of surveillance and control activities around high-risk areas, and on the assessment of how specific land use practices could represent potential solutions to WNV infection.</p></div>
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spellingShingle Mosquito pool characteristics.
Victoria M. Cox (21512666)
Medicine
Biotechnology
Ecology
Science Policy
Infectious Diseases
Virology
Computational Biology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
west nile virus
mean regression coefficients
div >< p
climate change suggest
agricultural land use
findings provide evidence
wnv infection rates
wnv infection dynamics
mosquito wnv infection
human case reports
culex pipiens </
culex </
found evidence
urgent need
respectively ),
reported cases
projected increase
preparedness planning
positively associated
optimal implementation
model estimates
local level
local birds
highly correlated
future work
future decades
estimated role
established hotspots
disease control
climatic conditions
better understanding
better understand
avian reservoir
animal health
75 )).
status_str publishedVersion
title Mosquito pool characteristics.
title_full Mosquito pool characteristics.
title_fullStr Mosquito pool characteristics.
title_full_unstemmed Mosquito pool characteristics.
title_short Mosquito pool characteristics.
title_sort Mosquito pool characteristics.
topic Medicine
Biotechnology
Ecology
Science Policy
Infectious Diseases
Virology
Computational Biology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
west nile virus
mean regression coefficients
div >< p
climate change suggest
agricultural land use
findings provide evidence
wnv infection rates
wnv infection dynamics
mosquito wnv infection
human case reports
culex pipiens </
culex </
found evidence
urgent need
respectively ),
reported cases
projected increase
preparedness planning
positively associated
optimal implementation
model estimates
local level
local birds
highly correlated
future work
future decades
estimated role
established hotspots
disease control
climatic conditions
better understanding
better understand
avian reservoir
animal health
75 )).