Mosquito‐borne diseases cause a major burden of disease worldwide. The vital rates of
these ectothermic vectors and parasites respond strongly and nonlinearly to temperature and …

… Stewart Ibarra et al., in prep). Previous studies also found that lower dengue knowledge and
lack of health education were associated with the presence of Ae. aegypti juveniles [17], [18]…

A wide range of research has promised new tools for forecasting infectious disease
dynamics, but little of that research is currently being applied in practice, because tools do not …

… aegypti population dynamics (Stewart-Ibarra AM and others, unpublished data). Other
studies have shown that Tmin plays an important role in regulating Ae. aegypti feeding behavior …

Background Over the last 5 years (2013–2017), the Caribbean region has faced an
unprecedented crisis of co-occurring epidemics of febrile illness due to arboviruses transmitted by …

Background Dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease, is a rapidly emerging public
health problem in Ecuador and throughout the tropics. However, we have a limited …

Background El Niño and its effect on local meteorological conditions potentially influences
interannual variability in dengue transmission in southern coastal Ecuador. El Oro province is …

Vibrio cholerae is a globally distributed water-borne pathogen that causes severe diarrheal
disease and mortality, with current outbreaks as part of the seventh pandemic. Further …

… For example, they don’t clean, don’t tidy up, and some say ‘if I get sick, if I am bitten, only
then…’ I mean it’s their carelessness [quemeimportismo], sometimes they are not interested (…

… MA Robert, AM Stewart-Ibarra, and EL Estallo report no conflict of interest associated with …
Stewart-Ibarra and Michael A. Robert from the US Embassy in Argentina administered through …