ArticleParasites & vectors2025
Seasonal variation in mosquito abundance and environmental predictors in semi-pastoral southern Kenya: implications for endemic Rift Valley fever.
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backgroundEcological variables that vary across time and space shape mosquito populations, creating microenvironments that can become disease transmission hotspots. Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV), a priority zoonotic arbovirus, thrives in diverse conditions and has been detected in over 50 mosquito species. This diversity complicates efforts to identify the key vectors involved in transmission and highlights the need to understand how environmental conditions shape mosquito abundance in high-risk landscapes.
methodsThis study investigated spatio-temporal variation in mosquito abundance across the semi-pastoral landscape of Loitokitok sub-county, Kajiado County, Kenya. Over a full year, inclusive of the 2023-2024 El Niño rains, repeated mosquito trapping events were conducted at households enrolled in a human clinical cohort study, with weather station data linked to each trapping event.
resultsA total of 441 mosquitoes were captured across 39 trapping events, with an average of 11.3 mosquitoes per event. The highest rainfall occurred in November 2023, while mosquito abundance peaked in April 2024. Traps placed at households in cropland areas hosted significantly more mosquitoes overall and were associated with more Anopheles spp., predominantly Anopheles gambiae (Kruskal-Wallis χ
conclusionsThese findings highlight the role of weather patterns and LULC in shaping mosquito dynamics, with irrigated cropland likely creating persistent breeding sites and shrubland providing niches for Ae. aegypti. This emphasizes the need for targeted, community-driven vector control strategies to mitigate RVFV transmission risk and highlights the importance of altered agricultural landscapes in driving vector dynamics.
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