Mosquitoes transmit infectious diseases to humans

Anne L. Wilson, Orin Courtenay, Louise A. Kelly‐Hope, Thomas W. Scott, Willem Takken, Stephen J. Torr, Steve W. Lindsay. The importance of vector control for the control and elimination of vector-borne diseases. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007831

Notes that mosquito-borne vector-borne diseases like malaria and dengue exert a massive burden of morbidity and mortality worldwide.

P. Reiter. Climate change and mosquito-borne disease.. 2001. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.01109s1141

Examines how environmental and human factors influence the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases like malaria, yellow fever, and dengue.

David L. Smith, Katherine E. Battle, Simon I Hay, Christopher M. Barker, Thomas W. Scott, F. Ellis McKenzie. Ross, Macdonald, and a Theory for the Dynamics and Control of Mosquito-Transmitted Pathogens. 2012. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002588

Outlines the foundational mathematical models and theories for mosquito-transmitted pathogens and their dynamics.

Steven T. Stoddard, Amy C. Morrison, Gonzalo M. Vazquez‐Prokopec, Valerie Paz Soldan, Tadeusz J. Kochel, Uriel Kitron, John P. Elder, Thomas W. Scott. The Role of Human Movement in the Transmission of Vector-Borne Pathogens. 2009. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000481

Analyzes human movement patterns in the transmission dynamics of mosquito-borne dengue virus.

Lindsay M. Beck‐Johnson, William A. Nelson, Krijn P. Paaijmans, Andrew F. Read, Matthew B. Thomas, Ottar N. Bjørnstad. The Effect of Temperature on Anopheles Mosquito Population Dynamics and the Potential for Malaria Transmission. 2013. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079276

Explains how Anopheles mosquitoes serve as the vectors responsible for transmitting the parasites that cause malaria.