Fig 1.
Map of Nepal showing elevational gradient, physiographic zones and dengue reported locations.
Fig 2.
Methodological workflow of the study.
Fig 3.
Area under curve (AUC) of a) Aedes aegypti and b) Ae. albopictus during the period of emergence.
Values inside the brackets indicate the confidence intervals.
Fig 4.
Spatial distribution of predicted thermal suitability based on temperature threshold for a) Aedes aegypti and b) Ae. albopictus during 2001–2010; and c) Ae. aegypti and d) Ae. albopictus during 2011–2020.
Fig 5.
Change in thermal suitability between 2001–2010 and 2011–2020 for a) Ae. aegypti and for b) Ae. albopictus.
The highlighted inset shows the thermal suitability in and around the Kathmandu Valley.
Table 1.
Distribution of temperature suitability areas of for dengue transmission along the elevation gradient in Nepal.
Table 2.
Proportion of population living in different months of thermal suitability of dengue transmission for the year 2010 and 2020 in Nepal.