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ArticleFrontiers in public health2022

Assessing the impact of climate conditions on the distribution of mosquito species in Qatar.

Furqan Tahir, Devendra Bansal, Atiq Ur Rehman, Salah B Ajjur, Sini Skariah, Samir B Belhaouari, Hamad Al-Romaihi, Mohammed H J Al-Thani, Elmoubasher Farag, Ali A Sultan and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Furqan TahirDivision of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
Devendra BansalDepartment of Health Protection and Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Doha, Qatar.
Atiq Ur RehmanDivision of Information and Computing Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
Salah B AjjurDivision of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
Sini SkariahDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar Foundation-Education City, Doha, Qatar.
Samir B BelhaouariDivision of Information and Computing Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
Hamad Al-RomaihiDepartment of Health Protection and Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Doha, Qatar.
Mohammed H J Al-ThaniDepartment of Health Protection and Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Doha, Qatar.
Elmoubasher FaragDepartment of Health Protection and Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Doha, Qatar.
Ali A SultanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar Foundation-Education City, Doha, Qatar.
Sami G Al-GhamdiDivision of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
Ministry of Public Health · QAHamad bin Khalifa University · QAWeill Cornell Medical College in Qatar · QAKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology · SAPakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences · PK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Qatar is a peninsular country with predominantly hot and humid weather, with 88% of the total population being immigrants. As such, it leaves the country liable to the introduction and dissemination of vector-borne diseases, in part due to the presence of native arthropod vectors. Qatar's weather is expected to become warmer with the changing climatic conditions across the globe. Environmental factors such as humidity and temperature contribute to the breeding and distribution of different types of mosquito species in a given region. If proper and timely precautions are not taken, a high rate of particular mosquito species can result in the transmission of various vector-borne diseases. In this study, we analyzed the environmental impact on the probability of occurrence of different mosquito species collected from several different sites in Qatar. The Naive Bayes model was used to calculate the posterior probability for various mosquito species. Further, the resulting Naive Bayes predictions were used to define the favorable environmental circumstances for identified mosquito species. The findings of this study will help in the planning and implementation of an active surveillance system and preventive measures to curb the spread of mosquitoes in Qatar.

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CulicidaeVector Borne DiseasesAnimalsBayes TheoremMosquito VectorsQatarWeatherclimate changeenvironmentmalariamosquitoesNaive BayesQatarvector-borne disease (VBD)

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PMID36726636
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