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ArticleJournal of medical entomology2023

El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) effects on local weather, arboviral diseases, and dynamics of managed and unmanaged populations of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in Puerto Rico.

Roberto Barrera, Veronica Acevedo, Manuel Amador, Melissa Marzan, Laura E Adams, Gabriela Paz-Bailey

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Article in Journal of medical entomology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Roberto BarreraDengue Branch, DVBID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1324 Calle San Juan, Puerto Rico 00920, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9140-1480
Veronica AcevedoDengue Branch, DVBID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1324 Calle San Juan, Puerto Rico 00920, Canada.
Manuel AmadorDengue Branch, DVBID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1324 Calle San Juan, Puerto Rico 00920, Canada.
Melissa MarzanDepartment of Health of Puerto Rico, 1111 Av. Tte, César Luis González, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00927, Canada.
Laura E AdamsDengue Branch, DVBID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1324 Calle San Juan, Puerto Rico 00920, Canada.
Gabriela Paz-BaileyDengue Branch, DVBID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1324 Calle San Juan, Puerto Rico 00920, Canada.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · USPuerto Rico Department of Health · PR

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated the effects of interannual El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events on local weather, Aedes aegypti populations, and combined cases of dengue (DENV), chikungunya (CHIKV), and Zika (ZIKV) viruses in 2 communities with mass mosquito trapping and 2 communities without mosquito control in southern Puerto Rico (2013-2019). Gravid adult Ae. aegypti populations were monitored weekly using Autocidal Gravid Ovitraps (AGO traps). Managing Ae. aegypti populations was done using 3 AGO traps per home in most homes. There were drought conditions in 2014-2015 concurrent with the emergence of a strong El Niño (2014-2016), wetter conditions during La Niña (2016-2018), a major hurricane (2017), and a weaker El Niño (2018-2019). The main factor explaining differences in Ae. aegypti abundance across sites was mass trapping. Populations of Ae. aegypti reached maximum seasonal values during the wetter and warmer months of the year when arbovirus epidemics occurred. El Niño was significantly associated with severe droughts that did not impact the populations of Ae. aegypti. Arbovirus cases at the municipality level were positively correlated with lagged values (5-12 mo.) of the Oceanic El Niño Index (ONI), droughts, and abundance of Ae. aegypti. The onset of strong El Niño conditions in Puerto Rico may be useful as an early warning signal for arboviral epidemics in areas where the abundance of Ae. aegypti exceeds the mosquito density threshold value.

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AedesZika VirusZika Virus InfectionAnimalsEl Nino-Southern OscillationMosquito VectorsPuerto RicoWeatherAedes aegyptidengueEl NiñoENSOZika

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PMID37156093
PMCPMC10982904
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