Insight into eco-epidemiological traits of European native vector mosquitoes for disease transmission
Oliver Chinonso Mbaoma, Stephanie Margarete Thomas, Andrew J. Macdonald, Carl Beierkuhnlein · 2026
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Oliver Chinonso Mbaoma, Stephanie Margarete Thomas, Andrew J Macdonald, and Carl Beierkuhnlein wrote a 2026 primer on Europe's native mosquito species that can transmit disease, a group often overshadowed by invasive species. Transmission risk from mosquito-borne pathogens is rising at higher latitudes as climate and environments change.
The authors gather current evidence on native species proven able to carry pathogens in Europe. They cover where each species lives, which habitats it prefers, how it seeks hosts, which hosts it bites, how it survives winter, and how well it transmits disease. They also discuss habitat shifts, hybridization across habitat gradients, and the finding of non-endemic pathogens in field-caught secondary vector species, all of which shape future risk.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Oliver Chinonso Mbaoma, Stephanie Margarete Thomas, Andrew J. Macdonald, Carl Beierkuhnlein |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36190 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC0 |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |