Invasive plants facilitated by socioeconomic change shelter vectors of scrub typhus and spotted fever
C.-Y. Wei, J.-K. Wang, H.-C. Shih, H.-C. Wang, C.-C. Kuo
This study shows that invasive plants, driven by socioeconomic changes, create habitats that support higher populations of disease vectors, increasing the risk of scrub typhus and spotted fever.
bioRxiv · Jun 5, 2019Ecology