Stanford-led study finds small-scale tree cover in Costa Rica boosts biodiversity while limiting dangerous mosquito species that spread diseases such as dengue virus.

We need to know more about what drives dengue in rural tropical areas,” said study senior author and Global Health Faculty Fellow Erin Mordecai. “This work shows that forests and tree cover can reduce risk, but identifying other land use types that sustain vector populations is the next frontier for controlling this rapidly expanding disease.”

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