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Life-table studies revealed significant effects of deforestation on the development and survivorship of Anopheles minimus larvae
- Source :
- Wang, X; Zhou, G; Zhong, D; Wang, X; Wang, Y; Yang, Z; et al.(2016). Life-table studies revealed significant effects of deforestation on the development and survivorship of Anopheles minimus larvae. PARASITES & VECTORS, 9. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1611-5. UC Irvine: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4wt3n4bc, Parasites & vectors, vol 9, iss 1, Parasites & Vectors
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2016.
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Abstract
- Background Many developing countries are experiencing rapid ecological changes such as deforestation and shifting agricultural practices. These environmental changes may have an important consequence on malaria due to their impact on vector survival and reproduction. Despite intensive deforestation and malaria transmission in the China-Myanmar border area, the impact of deforestation on malaria vectors in the border area is unknown. Methods We conducted life table studies on Anopheles minimus larvae to determine the pupation rate and development time in microcosms under deforested, banana plantation, and forested environments. Results The pupation rate of An. minimus was 3.8 % in the forested environment. It was significantly increased to 12.5 % in banana plantations and to 52.5 % in the deforested area. Deforestation reduced larval-to-pupal development time by 1.9–3.3 days. Food supplementation to aquatic habitats in forested environments and banana plantations significantly increased larval survival rate to a similar level as in the deforested environment. Conclusion Deforestation enhanced the survival and development of An. minimus larvae, a major malaria vector in the China-Myanmar border area. Experimental determination of the life table parameters on mosquito larvae under a variety of environmental conditions is valuable to model malaria transmission dynamics and impact by climate and environmental changes. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13071-016-1611-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Mycology & Parasitology
Forests
Larvae
0302 clinical medicine
Mosquito
Life Tables
Deforestation
2. Zero hunger
biology
Ecology
Temperature
Anopheles
Banana plantation
Pupa
Infectious Diseases
Medical Microbiology
Larva
Public Health and Health Services
Infection
Life table
Conservation of Natural Resources
Life on Land
030231 tropical medicine
03 medical and health sciences
Rare Diseases
Tropical Medicine
Survivorship curve
parasitic diseases
medicine
Animals
Anopheles minimus
business.industry
Research
Prevention
fungi
15. Life on land
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Insect Vectors
Malaria
Vector-Borne Diseases
Good Health and Well Being
030104 developmental biology
Agriculture
Vector (epidemiology)
Parasitology
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17563305
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Parasites & Vectors
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....345b3bde11a7c6cd7bd846470ef4784c