reframing critical needs in vector biology and management of vector-borne disease重构的关键需求向量病媒传播疾病的生物学和管理.pdfVIP

Policy Platform Reframing Critical Needs in Vector Biology and Management of Vector-Borne Disease 1 2 3 4 Shirley Luckhart *, Steven W. Lindsay , Anthony A. James , Thomas W. Scott 1 Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, 2 School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom, 3 Departments of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, 4 Department of Entomology, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America Background the perceived best path to reaching that theme of improving integration in VBD objective. Across these reviews, recom- management. The meeting format em- Recent advances in empirical, method- mendations can be distilled to five major phasized: (1) redefining common challeng- ological, and theoretical aspects of vector needs: (1) novel intervention tools (e.g., es and opportunities across a range of biology are an impetus for reexamining new public health insecticides, biological VBDs; (2) initiating and sustaining strate- critical research needs aimed at improv- control agents, and genetics-based instru- gically planned interactions among inves- ing human health. The discipline of vec- ments [11,12]); (2) improved disease pre- tigators within and among a diversity tor biology is charac