Mosquito Adaptation to the Extreme Habitats of Urban Construction Sites

Wilke, André B.B.; Caban-Martinez, Alberto J.; Ajelli, Marco; Vasquez, Chalmers; Petrie, William; Beier, John C.

doi:10.1016/j.pt.2019.05.009

Mosquito Adaptation to the Extreme Habitats of Urban Construction Sites

The construction industry employs millions of workers in the USA. However, little is known about how environmental disturbances caused by the construction industry impacts vector mosquito ecology and behavior, and whether it is responsible for increasing the abundance of mosquitoes. There is a ma…