Environmental risk mapping: Aedes albopictus in Europe

​This report has been designed to discuss the usefulness of environmental risk mapping for public health. The report demonstrates the application of non-linear discriminant analysis (NLDA) to examine how the following question could be answered by environmental risk mapping: ‘How might we study and monitor Aedes albopictus , in order to be better prepared for outbreaks of diseases vectored by this species in the future’
This is a technical report published with the intent of informing readers about the ways in which the data contained in the ECDC European Environment and Epidemiology Network (E3) can be used for risk mapping of Ae . albopictus – as well as infectious disease vectors more generally – in continental Europe. The specific example of risk mapping given in this report is non-linear discriminant analysis.