Adopting a Statistical, Mechanistic, Integrated Surveillance, Thermal Biology, and Holistic (SMITH) Approach for Arbovirus Control in a Changing Climate: A Review of Evidence

Arbovirus control depends on accurate projections of likely changes in the arthropod vector species, essential to inform local and global public health authorities. According to the WHO Assembly and the Global Vector Control Response (GVCR), by 2030, the burden of vector-borne diseases, particularly...

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Published inChallenges (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 8
Main Authors Oladipo, Habeebullah Jayeola, Tajudeen, Yusuf Amuda, Oladunjoye, Iyiola Olatunji, Mustapha, Sheriff Taye, Sodiq, Yusuff Inaolaji, Yusuf, Rashidat Onyinoyi, Egbewande, Oluwaseyi Muyiwa, Muili, Abdulbasit Opeyemi, Adigun, Taofeekat Oluwatosin, Taiwo, Emmanuel O, El-Sherbini, Mona Said
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2023
Subjects
Animal human relations
Anthropogenic factors
arbovirus control
Arbovirus diseases
Arthropods
Biology
Climate change
Control
Dengue fever
Global Vector Control Response
Heat tolerance (Biology)
Infections
Infectious diseases
Insecticide resistance
Insecticides
Integrated approach
integrated surveillance
Interdisciplinary research
Pathogens
Pesticide resistance
planetary health
Public health
Risk management
Sentinel health events
Statistics
Surveillance
Temperature
Trends
Vector-borne diseases
Vectors (Biology)
Viruses
West Nile virus
Zoonoses
Nigeria
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Summary:Arbovirus control depends on accurate projections of likely changes in the arthropod vector species, essential to inform local and global public health authorities. According to the WHO Assembly and the Global Vector Control Response (GVCR), by 2030, the burden of vector-borne diseases, particularly arbovirus infections, is expected to be greatly decreased. However, anthropogenic drivers, including climate change, insecticide resistance, and a lack of operational local databases for risk management of emerging and re-emerging arboviruses, hinders effective implementation plans. This article presents a statistical, mechanistic, integrated surveillance, thermal biology, and holistic framework (termed SMITH) to discuss how temperature variations affect the biological transmission, replication, extrinsic incubation period, nutritional behavior, distribution, and survival (TRENDS) of arboviruses. Future transdisciplinary research that involves knowledge translation between local and global communities is required for early detection and risk management of the growing threat posed by arboviruses for human, animal, and planetary health.
ISSN:2078-1547
2078-1547
DOI:10.3390/challe14010008