Search Results - "Stewart Ibarra, Anna M."
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Thermal biology of mosquito‐borne disease
Published in Ecology letters (01-10-2019)“…Mosquito‐borne diseases cause a major burden of disease worldwide. The vital rates of these ectothermic vectors and parasites respond strongly and nonlinearly…”
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Dengue vector dynamics (Aedes aegypti) influenced by climate and social factors in Ecuador: implications for targeted control
Published in PloS one (12-11-2013)“…Dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease, is now the fastest spreading tropical disease globally. Previous studies indicate that climate and human behavior…”
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Social-ecological factors and preventive actions decrease the risk of dengue infection at the household-level: Results from a prospective dengue surveillance study in Machala, Ecuador
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (18-12-2017)“…In Ecuador, dengue virus (DENV) infections transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito are among the greatest public health concerns in urban coastal…”
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Climate services for health: predicting the evolution of the 2016 dengue season in Machala, Ecuador
Published in The Lancet. Planetary health (01-07-2017)“…El Niño and its effect on local meteorological conditions potentially influences interannual variability in dengue transmission in southern coastal Ecuador. El…”
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Micronutrients and Leptospirosis: A Review of the Current Evidence
Published in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (07-07-2016)“…Leptospirosis is one of the most widespread zoonoses and represents a major threat to human health. Due to the high burden of disease, limitations in…”
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Nonlinear and delayed impacts of climate on dengue risk in Barbados: A modelling study
Published in PLoS medicine (17-07-2018)“…Over the last 5 years (2013-2017), the Caribbean region has faced an unprecedented crisis of co-occurring epidemics of febrile illness due to arboviruses…”
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Strengthening the global response to climate change and infectious disease threats
Published in BMJ (Online) (26-10-2020)“…Climate change is emerging as an important driver of disease incidence, and a wait and see approach invites unnecessary risk, write Jeremy Hess and colleagues…”
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Climate Variability, Vulnerability, and Natural Disasters: A Case Study of Zika Virus in Manabi, Ecuador Following the 2016 Earthquake
Published in Geohealth (01-10-2017)“…Climate change presents complex and wide‐reaching threats to human health. A variable and changing climate can amplify and unmask ecological and…”
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Climate Predicts Geographic and Temporal Variation in Mosquito-Borne Disease Dynamics on Two Continents
Published in Nature communications (23-02-2021)“…Climate drives population dynamics through multiple mechanisms, which can lead to seemingly context-dependent effects of climate on natural populations. For…”
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Effects of Political Instability in Venezuela on Malaria Resurgence at Ecuador-Peru Border, 2018
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-04-2019)“…Mass migration from Venezuela has increased malaria resurgence risk across South America. During 2018, migrants from Venezuela constituted 96% of imported…”
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A participatory community case study of periurban coastal flood vulnerability in southern Ecuador
Published in PloS one (25-10-2019)“…Populations in coastal cities are exposed to increasing risk of flooding, resulting in rising damages to health and assets. Adaptation measures, such as early…”
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Chronic kidney disease in Ecuador: An epidemiological and health system analysis of an emerging public health crisis
Published in PloS one (16-03-2022)“…The absence of a chronic kidney disease (CKD) registry in Ecuador makes it difficult to assess the burden of disease, but there is an anticipated increase in…”
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High prevalence of Zika virus infection in populations of Aedes aegypti from South-western Ecuador
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-01-2024)“…We performed an arboviral survey in mosquitoes from four endemic Ecuadorian cities (Huaquillas, Machala, Portovelo and Zaruma) during the epidemic period…”
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Building resilience to mosquito-borne diseases in the Caribbean
Published in PLoS biology (01-11-2020)“…Small island developing states in the Caribbean are among the most vulnerable countries on the planet to climate variability and climate change. In the last 3…”
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The origins of dengue and chikungunya viruses in Ecuador following increased migration from Venezuela and Colombia
Published in BMC evolutionary biology (19-02-2020)“…In recent years, Ecuador and other South American countries have experienced an increase in arboviral diseases. A rise in dengue infections was followed by…”
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The 2018–2019 weak El Niño: Predicting the risk of a dengue outbreak in Machala, Ecuador
Published in International journal of climatology (15-06-2021)“…Between October 2018 ‐ May 2019, sea surface temperature conditions in the central‐eastern tropical Pacific indicated a mild El Niño event. In May 2019, the…”
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Household and climate factors influence Aedes aegypti presence in the arid city of Huaquillas, Ecuador
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-11-2021)“…Arboviruses transmitted by Aedes aegypti (e.g., dengue, chikungunya, Zika) are of major public health concern on the arid coastal border of Ecuador and Peru…”
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Geographic shifts in Aedes aegypti habitat suitability in Ecuador using larval surveillance data and ecological niche modeling: Implications of climate change for public health vector control
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-04-2019)“…Arboviral disease transmission by Aedes mosquitoes poses a major challenge to public health systems in Ecuador, where constraints on health services and…”
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Spatiotemporal clustering, climate periodicity, and social-ecological risk factors for dengue during an outbreak in Machala, Ecuador, in 2010
Published in BMC infectious diseases (25-11-2014)“…Dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease, is a rapidly emerging public health problem in Ecuador and throughout the tropics. However, we have a limited…”
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A social-ecological analysis of community perceptions of dengue fever and Aedes aegypti in Machala, Ecuador
Published in BMC public health (04-11-2014)“…The growing burden of dengue fever and the lack of a vaccine or specific medical treatment have increased the urgency of the public health sector to identify…”
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