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Integrated epidemiology for vector-borne zoonoses

Integrated epidemiology for vector-borne zoonoses
Integrated epidemiology for vector-borne zoonoses
The development and application of interventions for the control of vector-borne zoonoses requires broad understanding of epidemiological linkages between vector, animal infection and human infection. However, there are significant gaps in our understanding of these linkages and a lack of appropriate data poses a considerable barrier to addressing this issue. A move towards strengthened surveillance of vectors and disease in both animal and human hosts, in combination with linked human-animal surveys, could form the backbone for epidemiological integration, enabling explicit assessment of the animal-human (and vector) interface, and subsequent implications for spill-over to human populations. Currently available data on the spatial distribution of human African trypanosomiasis allow an illustrative example.
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Wardrop, Nicola
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Wardrop, Nicola
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Wardrop, Nicola (2016) Integrated epidemiology for vector-borne zoonoses. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 110 (2), 87-89. (doi:10.1093/trstmh/trv115).

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The development and application of interventions for the control of vector-borne zoonoses requires broad understanding of epidemiological linkages between vector, animal infection and human infection. However, there are significant gaps in our understanding of these linkages and a lack of appropriate data poses a considerable barrier to addressing this issue. A move towards strengthened surveillance of vectors and disease in both animal and human hosts, in combination with linked human-animal surveys, could form the backbone for epidemiological integration, enabling explicit assessment of the animal-human (and vector) interface, and subsequent implications for spill-over to human populations. Currently available data on the spatial distribution of human African trypanosomiasis allow an illustrative example.

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Accepted/In Press date: 30 November 2015
Published date: February 2016
Organisations: Population, Health & Wellbeing (PHeW)

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Local EPrints ID: 384563
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/384563
ISSN: 0035-9203
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Date deposited: 05 Jan 2016 13:15
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 22:01

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