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Urban population in Europe is increasingly exposed to vector-borne diseases transmitted by the Asian-Tiger mosquito

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dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorRocha, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorSousa, Carla
dc.contributor.authorCapinha, César
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-29T15:09:43Z
dc.date.available2022-11-29T15:09:43Z
dc.date.issued2022-10-25
dc.description.abstractThe Asian Tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) entered in Europe through Albania around 40 years ago and, since then, has spread to nearly 30 European countries. In a context of global and climatic changes, it is expected that the environmental suitability for the mosquito will further expand in the future, therefore increasing the probability of disease outbreaks. Urban areas are particularly vulnerable to the spread of vector-borne diseases, because they offer a high number of potential hosts and have a strong interconnection amongst different areas and neighbourhoods, fostered by available urban mobility options. We analysed how much of the urban population in Europe might be exposed to vector-borne diseases transmitted by the Asian-tiger mosquito, focusing on 65 metropolitan areas and other large cities retrieved from the Urban Audit 2018 (EUROSTAT, 2018). In a first step, we evaluated the environmental suitability of each urban area to the establishment of the species, classifying the level of agreement between published predictions of its distribution. We assumed a high level of certainty on suitability (or unsuitability) if at least 70% of the models agreed, and a high uncertainty otherwise. We aggregated the consensus levels in three categories (suitable, uncertain, unsuitable) and retrieved the corresponding level for each urban area assuming the predominant category within its boundaries. The analysis was performed for two timeframes, regarding present-day and future climatic conditions. Urban population estimates for current (2020) and future (2050) conditions were obtained from the Global Population Grid at 1-km2 resolution based on SSP3 (Shared Socioeconomic Pathway), a scenario of societal development that considers an intermediate level of growth regarding demographics, economics, technology and governance, among other features (). Results show that, currently, 51% of the studied urban areas are already suitable to the establishment of the species, mainly located in southern and central Europe and where 60 million people live. Indeed, outbreaks of dengue and chikungunya viruses transmitted by this species have already occurred in Europe since 2010, for example in France, Italy and Croatia. Conversely, 12% of the urban areas are currently unsuitable to the species, and these are mainly located in Scandinavia, the Baltic countries and Poland. In the future, half of these cities will become suitable with high certainty to the presence of the Asian-tiger mosquito, with over 4 million people exposed. By 2050, none of the urban areas will be unsuitable and over 80% will have suitable environmental conditions for the species, including cities like Zurich, Prague, London or Copenhagen. This means that the number of people potentially exposed is estimated to increase to about 110 million. These findings point to the need of adapting public health policies and implementing strategies to prevent the spread of vector-borne diseases in European urban areas.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationOliveira, S., Rocha, J., Sousa, C., Capinha, César (2022). Urban population in Europe is increasingly exposed to vector-borne diseases transmitted by the Asian-Tiger mosquito, 18th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH), Growing Our Global Community. Driving Action. Ensuring Equity, Valencia, Spain, 24-27 October.pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/55276
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.relationhealTh RIsk and social vulnerability to Arboviral Diseases in mainland portugal
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectUrban areaspt_PT
dc.subjectEuropept_PT
dc.subjectAedes albopictuspt_PT
dc.subjectVector-borne diseasespt_PT
dc.subjectPopulationpt_PT
dc.titleUrban population in Europe is increasingly exposed to vector-borne diseases transmitted by the Asian-Tiger mosquitopt_PT
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceValencia, Espanhapt_PT
oaire.citation.title18th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH)pt_PT
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