Review of: "Thermal Stress and Dengue Fever: Exploring the Correlation between Elevated Temperatures and Heat Waves in Disease Dynamics"
Abstract
This review article addresses a highly relevant and timely public health issue by examining the relationship between thermal stress, heatwaves, and dengue transmission dynamics.The topic is scienti cally signi cant given the growing global burden of dengue and the increasing impact of climate change on vector-borne diseases.The manuscript successfully highlights the multidimensional interactions between environmental temperature, mosquito vector biology, viral replication, and human behavioral adaptations during heatwaves.The integration of public health implications, including early warning systems, vector control innovations, and climate mitigation strategies, enhances the translational relevance of the review.Additionally, the manuscript bene ts from an extensive reference base and provides a broad overview of emerging research areas such as Wolbachia-based vector control, predictive modeling, and vaccine development.Despite these strengths, the manuscript demonstrates several limitations that reduce its scienti c rigor and novelty.The review appears largely narrative in structure and lacks a clearly de ned methodology describing literature search strategies, database selection, inclusion/exclusion criteria, or quality assessment of included studies.The absence of systematic or scoping review methodology weakens reproducibility and may introduce selection bias.Furthermore, while the article references epidemiological ndings, it does not provide a quantitative synthesis or comparative evaluation of evidence strength across different studies or geographic regions.The manuscript also tends to provide descriptive summaries rather than critical appraisal of the cited literature.Several sections reiterate well-established relationships between temperature and mosquito Qeios qeios.com
Fields of Study & Subjects
Mosquito-borne diseases and control
Climate Change and Health Impacts
Dengue and Mosquito Control Research
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Qeios
- Publication date
- 12 February 2026
- Language
- EN