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3 September 2021, Online
Pathogens Webinar | Arthropod Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases: A One Health Perspective
Arthropod vectors are responsible for the transmission of deadly pathogens (e.g., bacteria, viruses, and parasites) affecting farming industries and public health globally and causing morbidity, mortality, animal welfare issues, zoonotic diseases in humans, and economic losses. These vectors can transmit deadly pathogens, including tick-borne encephalitis, Salmonella, and Avian influenza. Many of them can transmit more than one pathogen at the same time, making methods for prevention, control, and treatment complex and sometimes limited in scope, timeline, and effectiveness. Such diseases can be passed between animals from the same group on farms or in the wild to pets and human populations. Diagnostics need to go beyond the presence of such pathogens to prove their transmissibility and pathogenicity in order to focus on real threats and avoid the development of resistance and adaptation from these pests.
Despite successes in the past related to the identification of vector-borne pathogens and the development of vaccines and prevention and control methodologies, some secondary effects, such as the use of pesticides, acaricides, and insecticides, have been reported. A positive effect on a targeted vector/pathogen sometimes might have a negative effect on users (including farmers, veterinarians, scientists, and the general public) through occupational health risks or the environment with the added pollution having a negative impact on other species.
The One Health concept focuses on a holistic approach and considers multiple parameters and multiple biomes simultaneously in order to develop better and more integrated solutions for animals, humans, and their environment. Eliminating arthropod vectors and the pathogens they transmit without affecting other components in a complex farming, rural, urban, and environmental setting is a more ethical and safer goal.
This webinar will be part of the launch of a Special Issue in the journal Pathogens.
We hope to see many of you at this webinar.
The following experts will be present and talk:
- Prof. Dr. Olivier Sparagano, Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
- Prof. Dr. Alejandro Cabezas-Cru, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE), Paris, France
When? 3 September 2021 at 2:00pm CEST | 8:00am EDT | 8:00pm CST Asia
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Interested in contributing to the topic? You can find the Special Issue(s) linked to this topic and open for submission by clicking here.
