Assessing the impact of climate conditions on the distribution of mosquito species in Qatar.

Autor:	Tahir F; Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar., Bansal D; Department of Health Protection and Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Doha, Qatar., Rehman AU; Division of Information and Computing Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pak-Austria Fachhochschule Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Haripur, Pakistan., Ajjur SB; Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar., Skariah S; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar Foundation-Education City, Doha, Qatar., Belhaouari SB; Division of Information and Computing Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar., Al-Romaihi H; Department of Health Protection and Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Doha, Qatar., Al-Thani MHJ; Department of Health Protection and Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Doha, Qatar., Farag E; Department of Health Protection and Communicable Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Doha, Qatar., Sultan AA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar Foundation-Education City, Doha, Qatar., Al-Ghamdi SG; Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.; Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in public health [Front Public Health] 2023 Jan 16; Vol. 10, pp. 970694. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jan 16 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI:	10.3389/fpubh.2022.970694
Abstrakt:	Qatar is a peninsular country with predominantly hot and humid weather, with 88% of the total population being immigrants. As such, it leaves the country liable to the introduction and dissemination of vector-borne diseases, in part due to the presence of native arthropod vectors. Qatar's weather is expected to become warmer with the changing climatic conditions across the globe. Environmental factors such as humidity and temperature contribute to the breeding and distribution of different types of mosquito species in a given region. If proper and timely precautions are not taken, a high rate of particular mosquito species can result in the transmission of various vector-borne diseases. In this study, we analyzed the environmental impact on the probability of occurrence of different mosquito species collected from several different sites in Qatar. The Naive Bayes model was used to calculate the posterior probability for various mosquito species. Further, the resulting Naive Bayes predictions were used to define the favorable environmental circumstances for identified mosquito species. The findings of this study will help in the planning and implementation of an active surveillance system and preventive measures to curb the spread of mosquitoes in Qatar. Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2023 Tahir, Bansal, Rehman, Ajjur, Skariah, Belhaouari, Al-Romaihi, Al-Thani, Farag, Sultan and Al-Ghamdi.)
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