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ArticleEnvironmental research letters : ERL [Web site]2025

Causal drivers of mosquito abundance in urban informal settlements.

Emma E Ramsay, Peter A Faber, Genie M Fleming, Grant A Duffy, Andi Zulkifli Agussalim, S Fiona Barker, Maghfira Saifuddaolah, Ruzka R Taruc, Autiko Tela, Revoni Vamosi and 2 more

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Article in Environmental research letters : ERL [Web site], 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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12 authors.

Emma E RamsaySchool of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3621-4698
Peter A FaberSchool of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia.
Genie M FlemingSchool of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia.
Grant A DuffySchool of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia.
Andi Zulkifli AgussalimRISE Program, Faculty of Public Health, Makassar, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4420-5852
S Fiona BarkerSchool of Public Health and Preventative Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9203-5766
Maghfira SaifuddaolahRISE Program, Faculty of Public Health, Makassar, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia.
Ruzka R TarucRISE Program, Faculty of Public Health, Makassar, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia.
Autiko TelaRISE Program and School of Public Health and Primary Care, Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji.
Revoni VamosiRISE Program and School of Public Health and Primary Care, Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5894-1123
Silvia Rosova VilsoniRISE Program and School of Public Health and Primary Care, Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji.
Steven L ChownSchool of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria 3800, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6069-5105

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Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Urban informal settlement residents are vulnerable to mosquito-borne diseases, but little is known about the specific drivers of risk, or how they differ, within the diversity of informal settlements globally. Here we aimed to identify key drivers of mosquito abundance in different urban informal settlements to inform upgrading programs. We developed a causal framework of mosquito risk and tested it in two distinct geographic settings: Makassar, Indonesia and Suva, Fiji. Using longitudinal mosquito trapping surveys in 24 informal settlements between 2018 and 2024 (totalling 1534 successful trap sets in Makassar and 1216 in Suva), we fitted causal models to infer the relationships between climatic, environmental and socioeconomic drivers and the abundance of two dominant mosquito species:

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informal settlementsmosquitomosquito-borne diseasesustainable developmentwater security

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