Perspectives of vector management in the control and elimination of vector-borne zoonoses

Meng Li Wong; Zulhisham Zulzahrin; Indra Vythilingam; Yee Ling Lau; I-Ching Sam; Mun Yik Fong; Wenn-Chyau Lee

doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1135977

Perspectives of vector management in the control and elimination of vector-borne zoonoses

Front Microbiol. 2023 Mar 21:14:1135977. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1135977. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Meng Li Wong¹, Zulhisham Zulzahrin¹, Indra Vythilingam¹, Yee Ling Lau¹, I-Ching Sam^{2

3}, Mun Yik Fong¹, Wenn-Chyau Lee^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
² Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
³ Department of Medical Microbiology, University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
⁴ ASTAR Infectious Diseases Labs (A*STAR ID Labs), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.

Abstract

The complex transmission profiles of vector-borne zoonoses (VZB) and vector-borne infections with animal reservoirs (VBIAR) complicate efforts to break the transmission circuit of these infections. To control and eliminate VZB and VBIAR, insecticide application may not be conducted easily in all circumstances, particularly for infections with sylvatic transmission cycle. As a result, alternative approaches have been considered in the vector management against these infections. In this review, we highlighted differences among the environmental, chemical, and biological control approaches in vector management, from the perspectives of VZB and VBIAR. Concerns and knowledge gaps pertaining to the available control approaches were discussed to better understand the prospects of integrating these vector control approaches to synergistically break the transmission of VZB and VBIAR in humans, in line with the integrated vector management (IVM) developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2004.

Keywords: control; prevention; vector management; vector-borne; zoonoses.

Publication types

Review