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Forecasting the abundance of disease vectors with deep learning
Ceia-Hasse, Ana; Sousa, Carla A.; Gouveia, Bruna R.; Capinha, CésarArboviral diseases such as dengue, Zika, chikungunya or yellow fever are a worldwide concern. The abundance of vector species plays a key role in the emergence of outbreaks of these diseases, so forecasting these numbers is fundamental in preventive risk assessment. Here we describe and demonstrate a novel approach that uses state-of-the-art deep learning algorithms to forecast disease vector abundances. Unlike...
Forecasting the abundance of disease vectors with deep learning
Ceia-Hasse, Ana; Sousa, Carla A.; Gouveia, Bruna R.; Capinha, CésarArboviral diseases such as dengue, Zika, chikungunya or yellow fever are a worldwide concern. The abundance of vector species plays a key role in the emergence of outbreaks of these diseases, so forecasting these numbers is fundamental in preventive risk assessment. Here we describe and demonstrate a novel approach that uses state-of-the-art deep learning algorithms to forecast disease vector abundances. Unlike...
Avaliação da concordância de modelos de adequabilidade ambiental para a presenç...
Oliveira, Sandra; Rocha, Jorge; Sousa, Carla A.; Capinha, CésarO consenso entre modelos de adequabilidade para a presença do mosquito-tigre na Europa foi analisado, utilizando 7 modelos representando condições atuais e 5 com projeções climáticas futuras. A partir da harmonização e conversão dos resultados dos modelos, foram definidas três classes: elevada adequabilidade, baixa adequabilidade e incerteza, tendo em conta o número de modelos com nível de adequabilidade equiva...
Assessing present and future suitability of major European cities to the Asian ...
Oliveira, Sandra; Rocha, Jorge; Sousa, Carla A.; Capinha, CésarThe Asian Tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) is already established in many countries of Europe and cities are particularly vulnerable to the spread of vector-borne diseases. We evaluated the suitability of 62 large urban areas in Europe to the establishment of this mosquito, based on the level of agreement between published predictions of its potential distribution. We classified levels of suitability and uncer...
Urban population in Europe is increasingly exposed to vector-borne diseases tra...
Oliveira, Sandra; Rocha, Jorge; Sousa, Carla A.; Capinha, CésarThe Asian Tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) is already established in many countries of Europe and cities are particularly vulnerable to the spread of vector-borne diseases. We evaluated the suitability of 62 large urban areas in Europe to the establishment of this mosquito, based on the level of agreement between published predictions of its potential distribution. We classified levels of suitability and uncer...
Avaliação da concordância de modelos de adequabilidade ambiental para a presenç...
Oliveira, Sandra; Rocha, Jorge; Sousa, Carla A.; Capinha, CésarO consenso entre modelos de adequabilidade para a presença do mosquito-tigre na Europa foi analisado, utilizando 7 modelos representando condições atuais e 5 com projeções climáticas futuras. A partir da harmonização e conversão dos resultados dos modelos, foram definidas três classes: elevada adequabilidade, baixa adequabilidade e incerteza, tendo em conta o número de modelos com nível de adequabilidade equiva...
Assessing the current and future suitability to the Asian Tiger mosquito, a den...
Oliveira, Sandra; Rocha, Jorge; Capinha, César; Sousa, Carla A.The Asian Tiger mosquito is already established in many countries in Europe and cities are particularly vulnerable to the spread of vector-borne diseases. We evaluated the suitability of 62 large urban areas in Europe to the establishment of the mosquito, based on the level of agreement between published modelling results that estimated the spatial distribution of the Aedes albopictus. We classified suitability...
Wide and increasing suitability for Aedes albopictus in Europe is congruent acr...
Oliveira, Sandra; Rocha, Jorge; Sousa, Carla A.; Capinha, CésarThe Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), a vector of dengue, Zika and other diseases, was introduced in Europe in the 1970s, where it is still widening its range. Spurred by public health concerns, several studies have delivered predictions of the current and future distribution of the species for this region, often with differing results. We provide the first joint analysis of these predictions, to identif...
Origin and expansion of the mosquito Aedes aegypti in Madeira Island (Portugal)
Seixas, Goncalo; Salgueiro, Patricia; Bronzato-Badial, Aline [UNESP]; Goncalves, Ysabel; Reyes-Lugo, Matias; Gordicho, Vasco; Ribolla, Paulo [UNESP]Made available in DSpace on 2019-10-04T12:35:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2019-02-19; FEDER - COMPETE Program; Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia; Project CMDT: Past and present population genetics of the vector Aedes aegypti: a tool for dengue control policies; FCT; Historically known as the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti invaded Madeira Island in 2005 and was the vector of the ...
Microencapsulation of citronella oil for solar-activated controlled release as ...
Ribeiro, António David Martins; Marques, Juliana Filipa Gouveia; Forte, Marta A. F.; Correia, Filipe C.; Parpot, Pier; Oliveira, César João SantosThis study investigates the functionalization of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on the surface of polymeric microcapsules as a mean to control the release of encapsulated citronella through solar radiation. This allows for the release of a mosquito repellent without human intervention, as the sunlight works as a release activator. The TiO2 nanoparticles were synthetized using a modified sol–gel and hydrothermal...