Thermal response of schistosomiasis transmission

Thermal response of schistosomiasis transmission

Collaborative modeling work examining how temperature and seasonal fluctuation shape snail behavior, parasite dynamics, and transmission risk.

Project angle

This work explores how thermal environments influence disease transmission assumptions and the biological dynamics of schistosomiasis.

Methods and outputs

  • Temperature-dependent transmission modeling
  • Thermal response analysis
  • Seasonal fluctuation
  • Snail and parasite dynamics

Publications / outputs

  • Re-assessing thermal response of schistosomiasis transmission risk: Evidence for a higher thermal optimum than previously predicted. Aslan et al. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2024.
  • Seasonal temperature fluctuation and snail adaptive behaviors yield insights into the dynamics and distribution of schistosomiasis in Africa. Aslan et al. Research Square, 2025.
  • Thermal sensitive mathematical model of schistosomiasis. Aslan, De Leo, Pourtois, Mitchell. JMM 2024.