How Environmental Shifts Can Affect Vector-Borne Illnesses
The publication titled “How Environmental Changes Can Lead to Increased Transmission of Vector-Borne Illnesses,” authored by Associate Professor Rebecca Trout Fryxell in collaboration with Jennifer Richards, an Extension curriculum specialist, Susan Reynolds, a teacher at South Doyle High School, and Lynne Middleton, a State 4-H curriculum specialist, details a MEGA:BITESS lesson plan for middle and high school students. The lesson plan is designed to teach the learner to understand how mosquitoes serve as vectors for transmission of infectious agents causing disease, identity what factors are needed for mosquito oviposition, and observe how changing temperature and precipitation patterns could potentially increase the number of individuals affected by