Invasive plants facilitated by socioeconomic change harbor vectors of scrub typhus and spotted fever.

BACKGROUND:Ecological determinants of most emerging vector-borne diseases are understudied, particularly for neglected tropical disease. Moreover, although socioeconomic impacts can have significant downstream effects on human risks to vector-borne diseases via a change in land cover, particularly f...

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Main Authors: Chen-Yu Wei, Jen-Kai Wang, Han-Chun Shih, Hsi-Chieh Wang, Chi-Chien Kuo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007519