Challenge and opportunity for vector control strategies on key mosquito-borne diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic

Frontiers in Public Health

Public Health

Yuan Sui¹  Shenning Lu²  Shan Lv³  Duo-Quan Wang³  Chen Gao⁴  Hong-Zheng Lu⁵  Sheng-Qun Deng⁶  Neil F. Lobo⁷  Florence Fouque⁸ 

[1] Brown School, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, United States;Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Shanghai, China;Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, Shanghai, China;WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, China;National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China;Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai, China;Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Shanghai, China;Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, Shanghai, China;WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, China;National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China;Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, Shanghai, China;School of Global Health, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China;Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Shanghai, China;Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China;Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Shanghai, China;Department of Pathogen Biology, the Key Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology of Anhui Province, the Key Laboratory of Zoonoses of High Institutions in Anhui, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China;Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China;Department of Pathogen Biology, the Key Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology of Anhui Province, the Key Laboratory of Zoonoses of High Institutions in Anhui, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China;Malaria Elimination Initiative, Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States;Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States;Research for Implementation Unit, The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland;

关键词: COVID-19;    mosquito-borne diseases;    vector control;    mosquito biological control;    mosquito novel control;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2023.1207293

 received in 2023-04-17, accepted in 2023-06-29,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Mosquito-borne diseases are major global health problems that threaten nearly half of the world’s population. Conflicting resources and infrastructure required by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic have resulted in the vector control process being more demanding than ever. Although novel vector control paradigms may have been more applicable and efficacious in these challenging settings, there were virtually no reports of novel strategies being developed or implemented during COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted the implementation of conventional mosquito vector measures. Varying degrees of disruptions in malaria control and insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and indoor residual spray (IRS) distributions worldwide from 2020 to 2021 were reported. Control measures such as mosquito net distribution and community education were significantly reduced in sub-Saharan countries. The COVID-19 pandemic has provided an opportunity for innovative vector control technologies currently being developed. Releasing sterile or lethal gene-carrying male mosquitoes and novel biopesticides may have advantages that are not matched by traditional vector measures in the current context. Here, we review the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on current vector control measures from 2020 to 2021 and discuss the future direction of vector control, taking into account probable evolving conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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