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This study is the first attempt to identify malaria hotspots by jointly modelling vector abundance and human malaria incidence, alongside key ecological drivers, providing new insights into entomological and epidemiological synergies for public health management.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We applied a Bayesian Framework for Joint Gaussian Spatial Processes to log-transformed\n                      <jats:italic>Anopheles gambiae<\/jats:italic>\n                      s.l. and\n                      <jats:italic>Anopheles funestus<\/jats:italic>\n                      counts, and malaria incidence in eight communes of southwest Benin. Entomological data were obtained from mosquito surveillance activities and routine malaria incidence data from the District Health Information System 2. Malaria hotspots were delineated from a joint risk surface derived from interpolated predictive surfaces of malaria incidence and vectors abundance. Co-regionalization analysis explored local spatial correlations between malaria incidence and each mosquito vector suitability.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Joint risk modelling identified contiguous malaria hotspots located mainly on the western shores of Lake Ah\u00e9m\u00e9, and\u00a0in Atchannou, S\u00e8, Avloh and Grand\u2011Popo districts. Four ecological factors emerged as consistent and key drivers for all three processes: wind speed, mid-infrared reflectance, leaf area index and land surface temperature. Contrary to common assumptions,\n                      <jats:italic>An. funestus<\/jats:italic>\n                      showed stronger spatial correlation with malaria incidence across 119.95\u00a0km\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      compared to 89.90 km\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u00a0of\u00a0\n                      <jats:italic>An. gambiae<\/jats:italic>\n                      s.l.; and with 67.29\u00a0km\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      showing synergistic effects of both species.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This study reveals high heterogeneity in the spatial association between malaria and its primary vector species, with\n                      <jats:italic>An. funestus<\/jats:italic>\n                      playing a potential prominent role than previously recognized. 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