Vectors, Pathogens and Diseases: Current Trends and Emerging Challenges

摘要 请求为题为“媒介、病原体和疾病：当前的 趋势和新出现的挑战，由Maureen Coetzee博士、Josiane Etang博士、Stephen Torr博士和 斯科特湖奥尼尔。会议将于2017年9月10日至14日在南非德班举行。的 消除或根除几种病媒传播疾病是世界卫生组织议程上的优先事项。 组织的疾病，包括疟疾、淋巴丝虫病、盘尾丝虫病和锥虫病。可持续载体 控制是目前唯一的大规模预防战略。然而，成功受到许多挑战的阻碍 是由病媒和病原体共同造成的这些挑战包括蚊子对杀虫剂的抗药性 以及寄生虫的抗药性，而这些问题在短期内几乎没有得到缓解。杀虫剂 和抗药性是病媒和寄生虫中的两种平行现象。虽然联合药物已经 为了克服寄生虫对单一疗法的抗药性，只有四类杀虫剂可用于 病媒控制巴西和东南亚出人意料地出现了寨卡病毒等虫媒病毒， 南部非洲的发热、登革热和基孔肯雅热等构成了它们自己独特的挑战。的关键目标 这次会议将审查有关媒介和病原体的最新科学知识， 新出现或重新出现的疾病，强调世界各地面临的问题， 控制或消除病媒传染疾病的创新方法，并提高对 病媒传播疾病的概况以及旨在改善人类健康的相关新科学知识 脆弱的人群。此外，“走完最后一公里”实现淘汰的困难，在 将讨论监督、能力和供资方面的问题。会议还旨在打破 病媒传播疾病研究界通常在“昆虫筒仓”中运作， 让研究人员互动，建立网络和伙伴关系，交流思想，并创造性地思考， 学科

ABSTRACT Support is requested for a Keystone Symposia conference entitled Vectors, Pathogens and Diseases: Current Trends and Emerging Challenges, organized by Drs. Maureen Coetzee, Josiane Etang, Stephen Torr, and Scott L. O'Neill. The conference will be held in Durban, South Africa from September 10-14, 2017. The elimination or eradication of several vector-borne diseases is high on the agenda of the World Health Organization, including malaria, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis and trypanosomiasis. Sustainable vector control is currently the only mass prevention strategy. Success, however, is hampered by many challenges posed by both the vectors and the pathogens. These challenges include insecticide resistance in mosquitoes and drug resistance in parasites with little on the immediate horizon to alleviate these problems. Insecticide and drug resistance are two parallel phenomena in vectors and parasites. While combination drugs have been developed to overcome parasite resistance to monotherapies, only four classes of insecticides are available for vector control. The unexpected emergence of arboviruses such as Zika in Brazil and south-east Asia, yellow fever in southern Africa, Dengue and Chikungunya, etc. pose their own unique challenges. The key goals of this conference are to review the latest scientific knowledge on vectors and pathogens that are responsible for emerging or re-emerging diseases, to highlight the problems facing various parts of the world, to address innovative methods for the control or elimination of vector-borne diseases and to enhance awareness of the landscape of vector-borne diseases and related new scientific knowledge aiming at improving the health of vulnerable human populations. In addition, the difficulties in “going the final mile” to achieve elimination, in terms of surveillance, capacity and funding, will be addressed. The conference also aims to break down the “insect silos” in which the vector-borne disease research community too commonly operates, providing a forum for researchers to interact, create networks and partnerships, exchange ideas, and think creatively across disciplines.