caa a22 4500 445378220 CHVBK 20180317143009.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10393-011-0708-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10393-011-0708-8 Co-occurrence Patterns of the Dengue Vector Aedes aegypti and Aedes mediovitattus , a Dengue Competent Mosquito in Puerto Rico [Elektronische Daten] [Eliza Little, Roberto Barrera, Karen Seto, Maria Diuk-Wasser] Aedes aegypti is implicated in dengue transmission in tropical and subtropical urban areas around the world. Ae. aegypti populations are controlled through integrative vector management. However, the efficacy of vector control may be undermined by the presence of alternative, competent species. In Puerto Rico, a native mosquito, Ae. mediovittatus, is a competent dengue vector in laboratory settings and spatially overlaps with Ae. aegypti. It has been proposed that Ae. mediovittatus may act as a dengue reservoir during inter-epidemic periods, perpetuating endemic dengue transmission in rural Puerto Rico. Dengue transmission dynamics may therefore be influenced by the spatial overlap of Ae. mediovittatus, Ae. aegypti, dengue viruses, and humans. We take a landscape epidemiology approach to examine the association between landscape composition and configuration and the distribution of each of these Aedes species and their co-occurrence. We used remotely sensed imagery from a newly launched satellite to map landscape features at very high spatial resolution. We found that the distribution of Ae. aegypti is positively predicted by urban density and by the number of tree patches, Ae. mediovittatus is positively predicted by the number of tree patches, but negatively predicted by large contiguous urban areas, and both species are predicted by urban density and the number of tree patches. This analysis provides evidence that landscape composition and configuration is a surrogate for mosquito community composition, and suggests that mapping landscape structure can be used to inform vector control efforts as well as to inform urban planning. International Association for Ecology and Health, 2011 dengue nationallicence landscape epidemiology nationallicence Puerto Rico nationallicence remote sensing nationallicence Aedes aegypti nationallicence Aedes mediovittatus nationallicence Little Eliza Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT, USA aut Barrera Roberto Dengue Branch, Division of Vector-borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico aut Seto Karen Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT, USA aut Diuk-Wasser Maria Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT, USA aut EcoHealth Springer-Verlag 8/3(2011-09-01), 365-375 1612-9202 8:3<365 2011 8 10393 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-011-0708-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-011-0708-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Little Eliza Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Barrera Roberto Dengue Branch, Division of Vector-borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Seto Karen Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Diuk-Wasser Maria Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, CT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- EcoHealth Springer-Verlag 8/3(2011-09-01), 365-375 1612-9202 8:3<365 2011 8 10393 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer