Land use and land cover change and its impacts on dengue dynamics in China: A systematic review.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Panjun Gao, Eva Pilot, Cassandra Rehbock, Marie Gontariuk, Simone Doreleijers, Li Wang, Thomas Krafft, Pim Martens, Qiyong Liu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Prisma
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009879; https://doaj.org/article/752177488d81422bb6e4b5ca7a696dea

Background Dengue is a prioritized public health concern in China. Because of the larger scale, more frequent and wider spatial distribution, the challenge for dengue prevention and control has increased in recent years. While land use and land cover (LULC) change was suggested to be associated with...