Vector-Borne Diseases in a Changing Climate and World

Tozan, Yesim; Branch, Ora Lee H.; Rocklöv, Joacim

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-54746-2_12

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“…Temporal activity of arthropod vectors has been reported regionally and worldwide [ 92 , 93 ]. Thus, current global change has a bearing on favouring vector success and proliferation, pathogen/parasite virulence and disease transmission dynamics in shifting climatic environments [ 94 , 95 , 96 ]. Whilst the regional climate is changing [ 97 ], species range expansion, re-distribution and invasion in novel environments are inevitable [ 98 ].…”

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A Survey of Potentially Pathogenic-Incriminated Arthropod Vectors of Health Concern in Botswana

Buxton

Machekano

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Arthropod vectors play a crucial role in the transmission of many debilitating infections, causing significant morbidity and mortality globally. Despite the economic significance of arthropods to public health, public knowledge on vector biology, ecology and taxonomic status remains anecdotal and largely unexplored. The present study surveyed knowledge gaps regarding the biology and ecology of arthropod vectors in communities of Botswana, across all districts. Results showed that communities are largely aware of individual arthropod vectors; however, their ‘potential contribution’ in disease transmission in humans, livestock and wildlife could not be fully attested. As such, their knowledge was largely limited with regards to some aspects of vector biology, ecology and control. Communities were strongly concerned about the burden of mosquitoes, cockroaches, flies and ticks, with the least concerns about fleas, bedbugs and lice, although the same communities did not know of specific diseases potentially vectored by these arthropods. Knowledge on arthropod vector control was mainly limited to synthetic chemical pesticides for most respondents, regardless of their location. The limited knowledge on potentially pathogen-incriminated arthropod vectors reported here has large implications for bridging knowledge gaps on the bio-ecology of these vectors countrywide. This is potentially useful in reducing the local burden of associated diseases and preventing the risk of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases under global change.

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confidence: 99%

A Survey of Potentially Pathogenic-Incriminated Arthropod Vectors of Health Concern in Botswana

Buxton

Machekano

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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“…Diffuse normal priors [Norm (0,1000)] were used for the smoothers and covariate parameters Given that high viability was expected in the control site (here used as reference), we used informative prior [Norm (3,1)] for the intercept of the model. Chauchy priors were used for the variance terms of both smoothers and random effect [⊞ 2 1 ∼ |Norm(0,25) / Norm(0,1)|]. For further details see Caputo et al (2020).…”

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“…Goals, approaches and investments for mosquito control are very different in temperate regions than in tropical ones where mosquito-borne diseases are endemic and cause over 700 000 deaths and hundreds of millions of human cases each year. 1,2 In Europe, since malaria eradication in the second half of the 20th Century, the most concerning pathogen transmitted by mosquitoes has been the West Nile Virus. 3,4 However, globalization and climate change are extending the public health threats related to these insects as a consequence of the introduction and spreading of invasive species competent for exotic diseases.…”

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A bacterium against the tiger: further evidence of the potential of noninundative releases of males with manipulated Wolbachia infection in reducing fertility of Aedes albopictus field populations in Italy

Caputo

Moretti

Virgillito

et al. 2023

Pest Management Science

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BACKGROUND Incompatible insect technique (IIT) is a population suppression approach based on the release of males with manipulated Wolbachia infection inducing egg inviability in wild females. We here present results of multiple field releases of incompatible ARwP males carried out in 2019 in a 2.7‐ha green area within urban Rome (Italy) to assess the effect on Aedes albopictus egg viability. Data are compared with results obtained in 2018, when the approach was tested for the first time in Europe. RESULTS An average of 4674 ARwP males were released weekly for 7 weeks, resulting in a mean ARwP:wild male ratio of 1.1:1 (versus 0.7:1 in 2018). Egg‐viability dynamics in ovitraps significantly varied between treated and control sites, with an estimated overall reduction of 35% (versus 15% in 2018). The estimated proportion of females classified as mated with ARwP males was 41.8% and the viability rate of eggs laid by these females (9.5%) was on average significantly lower than that of females only mated with wild males (87.8%); however, high variability in fertility was observed. Values of ARwP male competitiveness were 0.36 and 0.73 based on the overall viability rate of eggs in ovitraps and on female fertility, respectively; thus, well above the conventional 0.2 threshold for an effective suppressive impact in the field. CONCLUSIONS Results further support the potential of IIT as a tool to contribute to Ae. albopictus control in the urban context, stressing the need for larger field trials to evaluate the cost‐efficacy of the approach in temperate regions. © 2023 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.

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“…VBDs account for 17% of the global burden of communicable diseases, with over 1 billion infections and over 700,000 deaths caused by VBDs annually [ 1 ] . Many of these diseases, once limited to tropical and subtropical zones, are now increasingly seen in temperate areas [ 1 , 2 ] . …”

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“…Of the 3591 known species of mosquitoes (order Diptera; family Culicidae) [ 3 ] , only a fraction are involved in disease transmission or cause considerable nuisance to human and animal populations. These include invasive species that are spreading throughout Europe owing to globalization and climate change [ 2 , 4 ] . …”

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Mosquito alert: leveraging citizen science to create a GBIF mosquito occurrence dataset

Južnič-Zonta

Sanpera-Calbet

Eritja

et al.

Vectors of Human Disease Series

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The Mosquito Alert dataset includes occurrence records of adult mosquitoes collected worldwide in 2014-2020 through Mosquito Alert, a citizen science system for investigating and managing disease-carrying mosquitoes. Records are linked to citizen science-submitted photographs and validated by entomologists to determine the presence of five targeted European mosquito vectors:Aedes albopictus, Ae. aegypti, Ae. japonicus, Ae. koreicus, and Culex pipiens. Most records are from Spain, reflecting Spanish national and regional funding, but since autumn 2020 substantial records from other European countries are included, thanks to volunteer entomologists coordinated by the AIM-COST Action, and to technological developments to increase scalability. Among other applications, the Mosquito Alert dataset will help develop citizen science-based early warning systems for mosquito-borne disease risk. It can also be reused for modelling vector exposure risk, or to train machine-learning detection and classification routines on the linked images, to assist with data validation and establishing automated alert systems.

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Vector-Borne Diseases in a Changing Climate and World

Cited by 9 publications

References 72 publications

A Survey of Potentially Pathogenic-Incriminated Arthropod Vectors of Health Concern in Botswana

A Survey of Potentially Pathogenic-Incriminated Arthropod Vectors of Health Concern in Botswana

A bacterium against the tiger: further evidence of the potential of noninundative releases of males with manipulated Wolbachia infection in reducing fertility of Aedes albopictus field populations in Italy

Mosquito alert: leveraging citizen science to create a GBIF mosquito occurrence dataset

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