Mapping Aedes Aegypti And Ae. Albopictus Vector Mosquito Distribution In Brownsville, Texas

Data supports the publication "Mapping Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) and Aedes albopictus Vector Mosquito Distribution in Brownsville, TX". We investigated the spatiotemporal dynamics of Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse) mosquito trap captures in Brownsville, TX, using high-resolution land cover, socioeconomic, and meteorological data. We modeled mosquito trap counts using a Bayesian hierarchical mixed-effects model with spatially correlated residuals. The models indicated an inverse relationship between temperature and mosquito trap counts for both species, which may be due to the hot and arid climate of southern Texas. The temporal trend in mosquito populations indicated Ae. aegypti populations peaking in the late spring and Ae. albopictus reaching a maximum in winter. Our results indicated that seasonal weather variation, vegetation height, human population, and land cover determine which of the two Aedes species will predominate.

This dataset is associated with the following publication:
Myer, M., C. Fizer, K. McPherson, A. Neale, A. Pilant, A. Rodriguez, P. Whung, and J. Johnston. Mapping Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) and Aedes albopictus Vector Mosquito Distribution in Brownsville, TX. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY. Entomological Society of America, Lantham, MD, USA, 57(1): 231–240, (2020).
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Last updated: 2019-08-14
Tags: Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, Bayesian, City of Brownsville, Spatiotemporal, West Nile, arboviral, model, risk maps, vector-borne disease