Process evaluation of integrated West Nile virus surveillance in northern Italy: an example of a One Health approach in public health policy

Marchino, Monica; Paternoster, Giulia; Favretto, Anna Rosa; Balduzzi, Giacomo; Berezowski, John; Tomassone, Laura

doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2021.101991

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“…Whilst, as highlighted in the wider literature and also experienced in our presented study, co-production in OneHealth is a difficult and resource-intensive process requiring regular iterative adjustments and flexibility, the beneficial outcomes justify its adoption [59,67,68]. Implementing meaningful co-production in the context of OneHealth with the aim of improving zoonotic disease management necessitates a nuanced understanding of the underlying contextual factors that shape outcomes of collaborative engagements between researchers and decision-makers [13,69,70]. Our findings contributes to the burgeoning OneHealth literature, in which empirical studies are still sparse that describe successful and unsuccessful attempts to foster and sustain engagement with diverse stakeholders in co-producing OneHealth research to support zoonoses management, particularly in LMIC settings [56,64,67,71].…”

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confidence: 67%

Co-production of knowledge as part of a OneHealth approach to better control zoonotic diseases

Asaaga

Young

Srinivas

et al. 2022

PLOS Glob Public Health

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There is increased global and national attention on the need for effective strategies to control zoonotic diseases. Quick, effective action is, however, hampered by poor evidence-bases and limited coordination between stakeholders from relevant sectors such as public and animal health, wildlife and forestry sectors at different scales, who may not usually work together. The OneHealth approach recognises the value of cross-sectoral evaluation of human, animal and environmental health questions in an integrated, holistic and transdisciplinary manner to reduce disease impacts and/or mitigate risks. Co-production of knowledge is also widely advocated to improve the quality and acceptability of decision-making across sectors and may be particularly important when it comes to zoonoses. This paper brings together OneHealth and knowledge co-production and reflects on lessons learned for future OneHealth co-production processes by describing a process implemented to understand spill-over and identify disease control and mitigation strategies for a zoonotic disease in Southern India (Kyasanur Forest Disease). The co-production process aimed to develop a joint decision-support tool with stakeholders, and we complemented our approach with a simple retrospective theory of change on researcher expectations of the system-level outcomes of the co-production process. Our results highlight that while co-production in OneHealth is a difficult and resource intensive process, requiring regular iterative adjustments and flexibility, the beneficial outcomes justify its adoption. A key future aim should be to improve and evaluate the degree of inter-sectoral collaboration required to achieve the aims of OneHealth. We conclude by providing guidelines based on our experience to help funders and decision-makers support future co-production processes.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 67%

Co-production of knowledge as part of a OneHealth approach to better control zoonotic diseases

Asaaga

Young

Srinivas

et al. 2022

PLOS Glob Public Health

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“…Ultimately, improved and coordinated data collection-including reservoir, vector, host, and environmental information-will allow the development of functional early warning systems which can be implemented in preparedness plans. In some Italian regions, for example, the detection of WNV by their systematically shared entomological surveillance system informs the posterior screening of human blood donations and organs, allowing early case detection and control, as well as more efficient resource allocation [179].…”

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West Nile virus eco-epidemiology and climate change

2023

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West Nile virus (WNV) is an arbovirus with a wide geographical distribution. It is maintained in an enzootic bird-mosquito cycle and exhibits regular zoonotic transmission to humans, to whom it can cause West Nile fever and neuroinvasive disease. Over the last decades, WNV has emerged as a serious health threat with profound impacts on animal and human health. It is broadly accepted that climate change impacts the transmission of WNV through multiple pathways via its impacts on vectors, the pathogen, hosts, and the environment. Although some clarity has been established, the outcomes of these climate-driven processes are yet to be better understood before they can fully benefit tailored prevention and control measures. This review focuses on the eco-epidemiology of WNV and how it is impacted by climate change through an integrative lens. We discuss the role of eco-epidemiological modeling in knowledge generation and highlight the importance of adopting an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary One Health approach for improved surveillance, data collection, modeling, and translation of outcomes into actionable policy and control.

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“…For example, in Spain the Doñana National Park acts as a hotspot for WNV circulation [ 4 ]. In Italy, the Po Valley in the northern part of the country is an important region where WNV is endemic [ 5 , 6 ]. Another example is the Aksiou Delta, a rice-growing region in western Thessaloniki in Greece [ 7 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Surveillance is crucial to allow early detection of the virus. Surveillance efforts involve monitoring mosquito populations, animal hosts and humans [ 2 , 5 ]. Integrated One Health strategies and (risk-based) surveillance leverage the possibility of combining surveillance in multiple species [ 5 ].…”

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The effect of temperature on the boundary conditions of West Nile virus circulation in Europe

de Freitas Costa,

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Avelino de Souza Santos

et al. 2024

PLoS Negl Trop Dis

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West Nile virus (WNV) is a vector-borne flavivirus that causes an increasing number of human and equine West Nile fever cases in Europe. While the virus has been present in the Mediterranean basin and the Balkans since the 1960s, recent years have witnessed its northward expansion, with the first human cases reported in Germany in 2018 and the Netherlands in 2020. WNV transmission and amplification within mosquitoes are temperature-dependent. This study applies a mathematical modelling approach to assess the conditions under which WNV circulation occurs based on the proportion of mosquito bites on WNV-competent birds (dilution), vector-host ratios, mosquito season length and the observed daily temperature data. We modelled five distinct European regions where previous WNV circulation has been observed within the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Greece. We observed that the number of days in which the basic reproduction number (R0) is above one, increased over the last 40 years in all five regions. In the Netherlands, the number of days in which the R0 is above one, is 70% lower than in Spain. The temperature in Greece, Spain and Italy allowed for circulation under low vector-host ratios, and at a high dilution. On the other hand in the Netherlands and Germany, given the observed daily temperature, the thresholds for circulation requires a lower dilution and higher vector-host ratios. For the Netherlands, a short window of introductions between late May and mid-June would result in detectable outbreaks. Our findings revealed that the temperate maritime climate of the Netherlands allows WNV circulation primarily during warmer summers, and only under high vector-host ratios. This research contributes valuable insights into the dynamic relationship between temperature, vector properties, and WNV transmission, offering guidance for proactive strategies in addressing this emerging health threat in Europe.

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Process evaluation of integrated West Nile virus surveillance in northern Italy: an example of a One Health approach in public health policy

Cited by 6 publications

References 18 publications

Co-production of knowledge as part of a OneHealth approach to better control zoonotic diseases

Co-production of knowledge as part of a OneHealth approach to better control zoonotic diseases

West Nile virus eco-epidemiology and climate change

The effect of temperature on the boundary conditions of West Nile virus circulation in Europe

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