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Title: Control of Mosquito-Borne Diseases: Future Directions

Author
item Linthicum, Kenneth - Ken
item Gibson, Seth
item Bernier, Ulrich
item Tsikolia, Maia
item Agramonte, Natasha
item Clark, Gary
item Becnel, James
item Wei Pridgeon, Yuping
item Coy, Monique
item Zhao, Liming
item Reid, William
item Sanscrainte, Neil
item ANYAMBA, ASSAF - Goddard Space Flight Center
item SMALL, JENNIFER - Goddard Space Flight Center
item PAK, ED - Goddard Space Flight Center
item TUCKER, COMPTON - Goddard Space Flight Center
item CHRETIEN, JEAN-PAUL - Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)
item WITT, CLAIR - Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC)
item SCHNABEL, DAVID - United States Army Medical Research Unit
item CLARK, JEFF - United States Army Medical Research Unit
item SLAVOV, SVETOSLAV - University Of Florida
item KATRITZKY, ALAN - University Of Florida

Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/24/2010
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Global climate greatly influences local conditions that can affect vector-borne arboviral disease patterns because the viruses, their vectors, and hosts are sensitive to temperature moisture, and other ambient environmental conditions. In this presentation we examine in detail linkages between climate, ecosystems and elevated transmission of dengue, chikungunya, and Rift Valley fever. During periods of elevated transmission there is a significantly increased risk of globalization of these and other hemorrhagic viruses. The ability to predict periods of high risk might permit us to design better containment or exclusion strategies to limit globalization. New methods of vector-borne disease surveillance and control are discussed.