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Healthy wetlands, healthy people: mosquito borne disease
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Carver, S and Slaney, DP and Leisnham, PT and Weinstein, P, Healthy wetlands, healthy people: mosquito borne disease, Wetlands and Human Health, Springer, CM Finlayson, P Horwicz, P Weinstein (ed), Netherlands, pp. 95-121. ISBN 978-94-017-9608-8 (2015) [Research Book Chapter]
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Copyright 2015 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
DOI: doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9609-5_6
Abstract
We evaluate the links between wetland breeding mosquitoes (Diptera:
Culicidae), vector-borne disease transmission, human incidence of disease and the
underlying mechanisms regulating these relationships. Mosquitoes are a diverse
taxonomic group that plays a number of important roles in healthy wetlands. Mosquitoes
are also the most important insect vectors of pathogens to wildlife, livestock
and humans, transmitting many important diseases such as malaria, West Nile
virus, and Ross River virus. Mosquitoes interact with a variety of invertebrates
and vertebrates in complex communities within wetlands. These interactions regulate
populations of key vector species. Healthy wetlands are characterized by intact
wetland communities with increased biodiversity and trophic structure that tend
to minimize dominance and production of vector mosquito species, reservoir host
species and minimize risk of disease to surrounding human and animal populations.
In a public health paradigm, these natural ecological interactions can be considered
a direct ecosystem service—natural mitigation of vector-borne disease risk.
Anthropogenic disruptions, including land-use, habitat alterations, biodiversity loss
and climatic changes can compromise natural ecological processes that regulate
Item Details
Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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Keywords: | mosquito borne disease, wetland, health |
Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
Research Group: | Evolutionary biology |
Research Field: | Host-parasite interactions |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
Objective Field: | Disease distribution and transmission (incl. surveillance and response) |
UTAS Author: | Carver, S (Dr Scott Carver) |
ID Code: | 103671 |
Year Published: | 2015 |
Deposited By: | Zoology |
Deposited On: | 2015-10-23 |
Last Modified: | 2018-04-04 |
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