Effect of Deforestation and Land Use Changes on Mosquito Productivity and Development in Western Kenya Highlands: Implication for Malaria Risk

Frontiers in Public Health

Eliningaya J. Kweka¹ 

关键词: highland;    Anopheles gambiae ssp.;    habitat productivity;    land use;    topography;    temperature;    gonotrophic cycle;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2016.00238

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundAfrican highlands were known to be free of malaria for the past 50 years. However, the ever growing human population in the highlands of Africa has led to the deforestation and land coverage changes to create space for more land for cultivation, grazing, and house construction materials needs. This has lead to the creation of suitable breeding habitats, which are in open places. Decrease of canopy and forest cover has led to increased temperature both in outdoors and indoors in deforested areas. This increased temperature has resulted in the shortening of developmental stages of aquatic stages of mosquitoes and sporogony development in adult mosquitoes.

【 授权许可】

CC BY