New article alert! Aedes albopictus invasion across Africa

See our Lancet Global Health Viewpoint here: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00046-3 which discusses the potential consequences of Aedes albopictus spread across Africa and what steps need to be taken to mitigate. We use existing species distribution maps for Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti to produce consensus estimates of suitability and make these estimates accessible here: https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/projects/aedes-distribution-maps.

(A) Year of first detection of A albopictus in each country. Map created with Quantum Geographic Information System version 3.4.4. (B) Life stages detected per country. The presence of multiple life stages, we assume, implies strong evidence of species establishment. Generated with ggplot2 version 3.3.5 and R version 4.0.5. (C) Changes in urbanicity in east and west Africa between 1950 and 2050. Data from World Bank.12 East Africa includes Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. West Africa includes Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Generated with ggplot2 version 3.3.5 and R version 4.0.5