Planetary health approaches to understand and control vector-borne diseases: (8 Ecology and Control of Vector-borne Diseases)

Mosquitoes transmit many of the pathogens that cause zoonotic diseases from wildlife and livestock to people, with devasting consequences for public health. The factors affecting the ecology and evolution of the transmission dynamics of these mosquito-borne pathogens can be revealed using multidisciplinary research approaches. This 7th volume of the ECVD series focuses on the ecological factors that determine the transmission dynamics of mosquito-borne pathogens naturally circulating between animals of different taxa and their importance for human health. The authors revise the current knowledge on the pathogens that affect wildlife, including those maintained in captivity, as well as the use of cutting-edge techniques for the identification of potential vectors of these pathogens. In addition, this volume explores the role of factors related to global change, including changes in landscape use, deforestation and urbanization, as major drivers of the distribution of mosquito vectors and the dynamics of pathogen transmission. Finally, updated information on the approaches used to identify and control mosquito-borne diseases is presented, with a particular focus on those affecting humans. In summary, this book provides an updated review of the different mosquito-borne pathogens affecting animals and their public health relevance.

Table of Contents:
Contents Ecology and control of vector borne diseases Dedication Notes on Editors Contributors Introduction  Jan E. Conn, Maria Anice Mureb Sallum and Kimberly M. Fornace Part 1: Impacts of environmental change on VBD ecology 1 Landscape ecology and vector-borne diseases in the Amazon  Paula R. Prist and Gabriel Zorello Laporta 2 The emerging epidemiology and changing landscape of mosquito-borne infectious diseases in Venezuela  Maria E. Grillet, Jorge E. Moreno, Alberto Paníz-Mondolfi and Juan C. Navarro 3 Malaria in the Amazon Basin: how climate change and natural disasters create new challenges for an old disease  Leonardo Suveges Moreira Chaves, Tatiane Moraes de Sousa, Luiz Carlos Ferreira Penha and Sandra S. Hacon 4 Relationship between environmental factors and arboviruses in urban areas  Thiago Salomão de Azevedo and Rafael Piovezan Part 2: Coupled human and natural systems 5 A conceptual framework for understanding extractive settlements and disease: demography, environment, and epidemiology  Natasha Glendening, Werissaw Haileselassie and Daniel M. Parker 6 The economic impacts of malaria: past, present, and future  Nikolas Kuschnig and Lukas Vashold 7 Mapping patchy malaria: the role of drone technologies in depicting particular environments and contingent risk  Jacob Brockmann and Dalia Iskander 8 Vector control and surveillance under lockdown: COVID-19 and future pandemics  Jose del Rosario Loaiza Rodríguez, Gillian Eastwood and Luis F. Chaves Sanabria 9 Agriculture and health: mitigating risks and optimising benefits  Isabel Byrne and Kallista Chan Part 3: VBD surveillance and control in changing environments 10 Modelling the effects of climate and climate change on transmission of vector-borne disease  Marta S. Shocket, Jamie M. Caldwell, Paul J. Huxley, Catherine A. Lippi, Francis A. Windram and Alexander C. Keyel 11 Leveraging earth observation data for surveillance of vector-borne diseases in changing environments  Kimberly M. Fornace, Emilia Johnson, Marta Moreno, Andy Hardy and Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar 12 Early warning systems for vector-borne diseases: engagement, methods and implementation  Emilie Finch, Martin Lotto Batista, Tilly Alcayna, Sophie A. Lee, Isabel K. Fletcher and Rachel Lowe 13 Impacts of climate change on malaria vector control in Africa  Heather M. Ferguson and Nicodem J. Govella Conclusions  Kimberly Fornace, Leonardo Suveges Chaves, Maria Anice Sallum and Jan Conn Index

About the Author :
Kimberley Fornace, Ph.D. (2018), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, currently Assistant Professor and Sir Henry Dale Fellow at the University of Glasgow, School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine. Her research focuses on characterising the effects of ecological change on zoonotic and vector-borne disease dynamics. Jan Conn, Ph.D. (1987), University of Toronto, is Research Scientist at the Wadsworth Center, Division of Infectious Diseases at the New York State Department of Health in Albany, New York, and Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at the School of Public Health, State University of New York-Albany. Her field is vector biology and population genetics. Maria Anice Mureb Sallum, Ph.D. (1994), University of São Paolo, is Professor in Epidemiology, Ecology in Public Health, and Biology, Ecology and Taxonomy of Culicidae in the School of Public Health at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. She has a broad background in biology, ecology, and public health, with specific training and expertise in key research areas for vector-borne diseases.