International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | |
A Tale of Two City Blocks: Differences in Immature and Adult Mosquito Abundances between Socioeconomically Different Urban Blocks in Baltimore (Maryland, USA) | |
Brian Becker1  Paul T. Leisnham2  | |
[1] Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, 2801 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook, NY 12545, USA; E-Mail:;Department of Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA; E-Mail: | |
关键词:
mosquito;
vector;
urban decay;
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DOI : 10.3390/ijerph110303256 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
Infrastructure degradation in many post-industrial cities has increased the availability of potential mosquito habitats, including container habitats that support infestations of invasive disease-vectors. This study is unique in examining both immature and adult mosquito abundance across the fine-scale variability in socio-economic condition that occurs block-to-block in many cities. We hypothesized that abundant garbage associated with infrastructure degradation would support greater mosquito production but instead, found more mosquito larvae and host-seeking adults (86%) in parcels across the higher socio-economic, low-decay block.
【 授权许可】
CC BY
© 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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