Community acceptability of dengue fever surveillance using unmanned aerial vehicles: A cross-sectional study in Malaysia, Mexico, and Turkey

Annan, Esther; Guo, Jinghui; Angulo‐Molina, Aracely; Yaacob, Wan Fairos Wan; Aghamohammadi, Nasrin; Guetterman, Timothy C.; Yavaşoğlu, Sare İlknur; Bardosh, Kevin; Dom, Nazri Che; Zhao, Bingxin; López-Lemus, Uriel A.; Khan, Latif U.; Nguyen, Uyen‐Sa D. T.; Haque, Ubydul

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2022.102360

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“…UAVs are commonly used for mapping in conservation, agriculture, invasive species detection and other areas [14,15,25], with their use in the detecting and controlling mosquito-borne disease increasingly investigated in recent years [19,22,[26][27][28]. The abundance and distribution of malaria transmitting mosquitoes is dependent on the availability of water bodies to act as breeding sites [29].…”

Section: Uav Use In Vector Habitat Surveillancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The detection of mosquito breeding sites with UAVs has also been investigated in urban environments, with the mobility of drones used to observe rooftops that may otherwise be inaccessible to technicians [38]. However, the acceptability of UAVs to local communities is important to assess prior to their deployment in the field, with cross-sectional studies of the general population undertaken in Malaysia, Mexico, and Turkey [28] to assess public views.…”

Section: Uav Use In Vector Habitat Surveillancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Perceptions of UAV use by the public may also vary from place to place [90,91], though key concerns tended to focus on physical safety and privacy. Consequently, it is advisable to conduct community engagement work prior to commencing operations as well as to include information on drones in broader educational materials on disease control [28]. However, ethical concerns regarding the impact of UAVs and associated data on safety and privacy cannot be wholly addressed by community engagement and educational materials, with a need for clear laws and regulations that limit the opportunities for adverse impacts to occur.…”

Section: Regulations On the Use Of Uavs For Malaria Controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Unmanned aerial vehicles for surveillance and control of vectors of malaria and other vector-borne diseases

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The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has expanded rapidly in ecological conservation and agriculture, with a growing literature describing their potential applications in global health efforts including vector control. Vector-borne diseases carry severe public health and economic impacts to over half of the global population yet conventional approaches to the surveillance and treatment of vector habitats is typically laborious and slow. The high mobility of UAVs allows them to reach remote areas that might otherwise be inaccessible to ground-based teams. Given the rapidly expanding examples of these tools in vector control programmes, there is a need to establish the current knowledge base of applications for UAVs in this context and assess the strengths and challenges compared to conventional methodologies. This review aims to summarize the currently available knowledge on the capabilities of UAVs in both malaria control and in vector control more broadly in cases where the technology could be readily adapted to malaria vectors. This review will cover the current use of UAVs in vector habitat surveillance and deployment of control payloads, in comparison with their existing conventional approaches. Finally, this review will highlight the logistical and regulatory challenges in scaling up the use of UAVs in malaria control programmes and highlight potential future developments. Graphical Abstract

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Section: Regulations On the Use Of Uavs For Malaria Controlmentioning

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“…In some emergencies, a vertically structured technocratic and centralised approach may be successful in the short-term, but this is less sustainable and invites reliance on authorities [ 201 ]. On the other hand, increasing internet access can make innovative strategies acceptable, such as drone use in mosquito surveillance [ 202 ].…”

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The oral repellent – science fiction or common sense? Insects, vector-borne diseases, failing strategies, and a bold proposition

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2023

Trop Dis Travel Med Vaccines

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Over the last decades, unimaginable amounts of money have gone into research and development of vector control measures, repellents, treatment, and vaccines for vector borne diseases. Technological progress and scientific breakthroughs allowed for ever more sophisticated and futuristic strategies. Yet, each year, millions of people still die or suffer from potentially serious consequences of malaria or dengue to more recent infections, such as zika or chikungunya, or of debilitating consequences of neglected tropical diseases. This does not seem value for money. In addition, all current vector control strategies and personal protection methods have shortcomings, some serious, that are either destructive to non-target species or unsatisfactory in their effectiveness. On the other hand, the rapid decline in insect populations and their predators reflects decades-long aggressive and indiscriminate vector control. This major disruption of biodiversity has an impact on human life not anticipated by the well-meaning killing of invertebrates. The objective of this paper is to re-examine current control methods, their effectiveness, their impact on biodiversity, human and animal health, and to call for scientific courage in the pursuit of fresh ideas. This paper brings together topics that are usually presented in isolation, thereby missing important links that offer potential solutions to long-standing problems in global health. First, it serves as a reminder of the importance of insects to human life and discusses the few that play a role in transmitting disease. Next, it examines critically the many currently employed vector control strategies and personal protection methods. Finally, based on new insights into insect chemo-sensation and attractants, this perspective makes a case for revisiting a previously abandoned idea, the oral repellent, and its use via currently successful methods of mass-application. The call is out for focused research to provide a powerful tool for public health, tropical medicine, and travel medicine.

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“…Surveillance is a key component of any dengue prevention and control program. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have recently been used in mosquito control monitoring in many countries [7][8][9][10]. Although the UAV is a novel technology, it still lacks the ability to monitor and analyze urban sewers.…”

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Use of unmanned ground vehicle systems in urbanized zones: A study of vector Mosquito surveillance in Kaohsiung

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Pan²,

Chen³

et al. 2023

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

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Dengue fever is a vector-borne disease that has become a serious global public health problem over the past decade. An essential aspect of controlling and preventing mosquito-borne diseases is reduction of mosquito density. Through the process of urbanization, sewers (ditches) have become easy breeding sources of vector mosquitoes. In this study, we, for the first time, used unmanned ground vehicle systems (UGVs) to enter ditches in urban areas to observe vector mosquito ecology. We found traces of vector mosquitoes in ~20.7% of inspected ditches, suggesting that these constitute viable breeding sources of vector mosquitoes in urban areas. We also analyzed the average gravitrap catch of five administrative districts in Kaohsiung city from May to August 2018. The gravitrap indices of Nanzi and Fengshan districts were above the expected average (3.26), indicating that the vector mosquitoes density in these areas is high. Using the UGVs to detect positive ditches within the five districts followed by insecticide application generally yielded good control results. Further improving the high-resolution digital camera and spraying system of the UGVs may be able to effectively and instantly monitor vector mosquitoes and implement spraying controls. This approach may be suitable to solve the complex and difficult task of detecting mosquito breeding sources in urban ditches.

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Community acceptability of dengue fever surveillance using unmanned aerial vehicles: A cross-sectional study in Malaysia, Mexico, and Turkey

Cited by 9 publications

References 47 publications

Unmanned aerial vehicles for surveillance and control of vectors of malaria and other vector-borne diseases

Unmanned aerial vehicles for surveillance and control of vectors of malaria and other vector-borne diseases

The oral repellent – science fiction or common sense? Insects, vector-borne diseases, failing strategies, and a bold proposition

Use of unmanned ground vehicle systems in urbanized zones: A study of vector Mosquito surveillance in Kaohsiung

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