Mapping and understanding the distributions of potential vector mosquitoes in the UK: New methods and applications

Thesis

A number of emerging vector-borne diseases have the potential to be transmitted in the UK by native mosquitoes. Human infection by some of these diseases requires the presence of communities of multiple vector mosquito species. Mitigating the risk posed by these diseases requires an understanding of the spatial distributions of the UK mosquito fauna. Little empirical data is available from which to determine the distributions of mosquito species in the UK. Identifying areas at risk from mo...

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Authors: Golding, N; Nick Golding

• Publication date: 2013
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: Emerging infectious diseases; presence-only; Bayesian; Gaussian process; mosquito; species distribution modles; West Nile fever; statistics; ecology; Community ecology
• Subjects: Disease (zoology); Ecology (zoology); Biology