Diana Higuera Mendieta
drrochi.bsky.social
Diana Higuera Mendieta
@drrochi.bsky.social
Epidemiologist working on Urban Health, Climate, Social Justice, and Latin American Cities.
Reposted by Diana Higuera Mendieta
As we try to understand how climate change impacts malaria @isaacstopard.bsky.social looked how daily temperature fluctuations impact development in mosquitoes. Quite a bit it seems, but still unclear in wild mosies. Lovely data from Antoine Sanou but we need more! www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Modelling the effects of diurnal temperature variation on malaria infection dynamics in mosquitoes - Communications Biology
Mechanistic modelling of the effects of diurnal temperature variation on Plasmodium falciparum sporogony indicates this variation is important in the laboratory, but further validation is required to ...
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April 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Reposted by Diana Higuera Mendieta
Floods Hit Hardest in Most Disadvantaged Neighborhoods: New Research on Urban Health in Latin America Sheds Light on Stark Inequities. A research leader by @jlashk.bsky.social and SALURBAL group.

Paper free to read: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Brief summary: drexel.edu/lac/media/ne...
Social disparities in neighborhood flood exposure in 44,698 urban neighborhoods in Latin America - Nature Cities
This study compares historical flooding (2000–2018) in urban neighborhoods of eight Latin American countries and its relationship with social disparities. It found that residents of neighborhoods with...
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February 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM