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Applicability of Novel Approaches for Arthropod-Borne Diseases Control
Professor Hassan Vatandoost, Department of Medical Entomology & Vector Control, School of Public Health and National Institute of Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O.Box: 14155-6446, Tehran, Iran, Tel/ Fax: 0098 2188951393, email:hvatandoost1@yahoo.com, vatando@tums.ac.ir
Abstract:
There are several arthropod-borne diseases worldwide; Malaria , Cutaneous leishmaniasis, Visceral leishmaniasis, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever , Tick relapsing fever, Scorpionism, Q-fever, Papatasi fever, Tularemia, Rift valley fever, Dengue fever, Yellow fever, West Nile viruses, Plague, Louse-borne Typhus, River blindness, Chagas disease are the main important ones. Some arthropods considered as nuisance, such as Scabies, horseflies and Culicidae mosquitoes, Cockroaches, Fire ants, Blister beetles, Rove beetle, Bee stings, Black flies bites, Lice, Lactodictism (spider bite), Bedbugs and Scorpion sting. Human being used different drugs and insecticides for their control. However, long use of drugs evolved agent resistant to drug and insecticide resistance in the vectors. Novel approaches come to the market including male sterility, genetic manipulation of insects of refractory to agent, increasing the gene frequency of zoophilicity, cytoplasmic incompatibility, sugar bait, biological agents such as plant, fungi, algae, predators, insect viruses, chemical attractants, pheromone and repellent. Prior to any new approach for control several actions are required such as: improvement of the knowledge vector ecology, behavior, and genetic population, resistant status, proper evaluation in field trials, resources requirements, testing in combination for their effect on infection and transmission, barriers on the critical pathway to implementation, probable risk and benefit to the ecosystem, cost effectiveness, applicability in the undeveloped and poor countries, feasibility, tool development, cross-disciplinary initiatives, enabling technologies. These criteria will be discussed in detail in the meeting. |