Agent-based modelling of mosquito foraging behaviour for malaria control.
Agent-based modelling of mosquito foraging behaviour for malaria control.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.01.006
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发表时间：
2009-11
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Novak RJ
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文献类型：
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作者：
Gu W;Novak RJ
传统的环境管理方案要求广泛覆盖幼虫栖息地，以大幅减少成蚊的出现。最近的研究强调了水生栖息地减少对蚊子觅食宿主和产卵地点的影响。在这项研究中，我们开发了一个基于代理的模型来跟踪蚊子的状态和运动。蚊子的觅食过程分为两个阶段：当资源不在蚊子的感知范围内时，蚊子随机飞行;当资源被蚊子发现时，蚊子定向飞行。有针对性的源削减的三个方案，旨在消除人类居住的一定距离内的所有水生生境。作为比较，三个传统的源减少随机消除了相同数量的水生栖息地作为其相应的目标情景。我们的研究结果表明，消除房屋周围100米、200米和300米范围内的栖息地，疟疾发病率分别降低了13%、91%和94%;而相应的常规干预措施分别降低了-3%，19%和44%。这些研究结果表明，减少污染源可能不需要像以前认为的那样覆盖广泛的地区，而且与人类居住地的距离可以用于生境目标。
Traditional environmental management programmes require extensive coverage of larval habitats to reduce drastically the emergence of adult mosquitoes. Recent studies have highlighted the impact of reduced availability of aquatic habitats on mosquito foraging for hosts and oviposition sites. In this study, we developed an agent-based model to track the status and movement of mosquitoes individually. Mosquito foraging was represented as a two-stage process: random flight when the resource was not within the mosquito’s perception range and directional flight to the resource when it was detected. Three scenarios of targeted source reduction were devised to eliminate all aquatic habitats within certain distances of human habitations. For comparison, three conventional source reductions randomly eliminated the same numbers of aquatic habitats as their corresponding targeted scenarios. Our results show that the elimination of habitats within 100 m, 200 m and 300 m of surrounding houses resulted in 13%, 91% and 94% reductions in malaria incidence, respectively; compared with −3%, 19% and 44%, respectively, for the corresponding conventional interventions. These findings indicate that source reduction might not require coverage of extensive areas, as previously thought, and that the distance to human habitations can be used for habitat targeting.
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DOI：
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发表时间：
2001-09-01
影响因子：
2.2
作者：
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