According to Souza and Weaver (2024), which climatic factors are critical for mosquito-borne disease transmission?

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Temperature, rainfall, and humidity [1–1].

  • Rationale:
    • Guidelines syntheses emphasize temperature and rainfall as central drivers of mosquito development, survival, biting rates, and pathogen incubation; humidity modulates survival and activity, together determining transmission potential [1–1].
    • Other options (wind/altitude, soil/vegetation, UV) are not identified as primary climatic determinants for transmission in the cited guideline evidence.

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