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  "abstract": "Background: Mosquito-borne diseases remain a major public-health challenge in Africa, and their transmission is strongly influenced by climatic conditions. However, the evidence is geographically uneven and methodologically heterogeneous.\n\nObjective: To map and synthesise evidence on the influence of temperature, rainfall/precipitation and relative humidity on mosquito-borne disease transmission in Africa, and to compare climatic patterns across major vector–pathogen systems.\n\nMethods: A scoping review was conducted following PRISMA-ScR. Peer-reviewed primary studies conducted in Africa, or providing identifiable Africa-specific evidence, were included if they investigated malaria, dengue, chikungunya or Zika and assessed temperature, rainfall/precipitation and/or relative humidity in relation to biological, entomological, ecological, transmission-related or epidemiological outcomes.\n\nResults: Eighteen primary studies were included: 10 on malaria, 6 on dengue and 2 on Zika; none specifically addressed chikungunya. Temperature was the most frequently assessed exposure. Malaria studies showed non-linear and context-dependent temperature relationships, including a field peak in malaria positivity near 25 °C. Dengue studies showed heterogeneous temperature signals, including stronger temperature–incidence relationships above approximately 21 °C and increased transmission-related outcomes around 29–30 °C in specific settings. Rainfall generally increased vector abundance or malaria transmission, although excessive rainfall sometimes reduced larval survival or dengue transmission. Relative humidity showed context-dependent effects, including trade-offs between Aedes aegypti survival and Zika virus infection. Reported climatic lags ranged mainly from one to four months.\n\nConclusion: Climatic influences on mosquito-borne disease transmission in Africa are non-linear, disease-specific and context-dependent. Stronger climate-informed surveillance and locally resolved integrated research are needed.",
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    {
      "name": "Emanuel Catumbela",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Wison Nelson Manuel Gonga",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Semedo Faria",
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/bm0ekjpbd4rfc.bib",
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  "doi": "10.1186/s12889-026-30373-1",
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  "licence_label": "CC BY 4.0",
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  "published": "2026-11-13",
  "publisher": "Springer Science and Business Media LLC",
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  "subjects": [
    {
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      "origin": "issn:1471-2458",
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  "title": "Climate shapes mosquito-borne disease transmission in africa: a scoping review of climatic determinants, biological responses and transmission dynamics",
  "title_text": "Climate shapes mosquito-borne disease transmission in africa: a scoping review of climatic determinants, biological responses and transmission dynamics",
  "type": "peer-reviewed",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-15T00:21:31Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/bm0ekjpbd4rfc",
  "venue": "BMC Public Health",
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