Sentences with phrase «model vector disease»

Thomas is a wildlife biologist by training, but he now uses technology such as satellite remote sensing and software applications such as geographic information systems to model vector disease transmission.

Not exact matches

«One idea is to develop disease models that can use existing climate models to predict where these vectors will show up due to climate variability,» she said.

Their data were used to create a model that shows the potential effects of temperatures and temperature change on the transmission of dengue, chikungunya and Zika around the world, three diseases that are mosquito - vectored and increasing in the United States.

Climate models such as the one by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predict that with rising temperatures, the conditions that favor insect vectors such as the mosquito will allow disease transmission to become more prevalent.

However, the model does not realistically capture any individual vector - borne disease, nor is it validated against any specific datasets.

Brian O. Ma & Bernard D. Roitberg — 2008 (8)([email protected]) Keywords: Aedes aegypti, Anopheles gambiae, dynamic state variable model, foraging behaviour, mosquitoes, omnivores, resource availability, state - dependence, vector - borne disease control

He tested these vectors in models of ocular diseases, such as uveitis and geographic atrophy.

Diuk - Wasser, M. A., G. Vourc» h, P. Cislo, A. G. Hoen, F. Melton, S. A. Hamer, M. Rowland, R. Cortinas, G. J. Hickling, J. I. Tsao, A. G. Barbour, U. Kitron, J. Piesman, and D. Fish, 2010: Field and climate - based model for predicting the density of host - seeking nymphal Ixodes scapularis, an important vector of tick - borne disease agents in the eastern United States.

Implications of global change and climate variability for vector - borne diseases: generic approaches... RW Sutherst — International Journal for Parasitology, 1998 — Elsevier... Models are tools with which to develop and test hypotheses.