Improved tools and strategies for the prevention and control of arboviral diseases: A research-to-policy forum.

Autor: Olliaro P; UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland., Fouque F; UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland., Kroeger A; UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.; Global Health Department, Centre for Medicine and Society/Anthropology, Freiburg University, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany., Bowman L; Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom., Velayudhan R; Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases (WHO/NTD), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland., Santelli AC; Dengue Control Program, Ministry of Health, Brasilia, Brazil., Garcia D; Department of Communicable Diseases, Ministry of Health, Bogota, Colombia., Skewes Ramm R; Program for the Prevention and Control of Dengue, Ministry of Health, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic., Sulaiman LH; Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Tejeda GS; Centro Nacional de Programas Preventivos y Control de Enfermedades (CENAPRECE), Ministry of Health, Mexico City, Mexico., Morales FC; Centro Nacional de Programas Preventivos y Control de Enfermedades (CENAPRECE), Ministry of Health, Mexico City, Mexico., Gozzer E; Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru., Garrido CB; Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay., Quang LC; Department for Disease Control and Prevention, Pasteur Institute, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam., Gutierrez G; PAHO/AMRO, World Health Organization, Washington, DC, United States of America., Yadon ZE; PAHO/AMRO, World Health Organization, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., Runge-Ranzinger S; Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

Publikováno v: PLoS neglected tropical diseases [PLoS Negl Trop Dis] 2018 Feb 01; Vol. 12 (2), pp. e0005967. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Feb 01 (Print Publication: 2018).

Innovative Strategies for Vector Control

Autor: Koenraadt, Constantianus J.M, Spitzen, Jeroen, Takken, Willem

Current tools for vector control are insufficient to curb vector-borne disease transmission. Recent outbreaks of'new'vector-borne diseases, such as Zika and chikungunya, and the ongoing fight against malaria underscore this. Scientists and public hea