Speaker Dr Francesco Baldini – University of Glasgow (Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health and Comparative Medicine)
In 2015, malaria killed 429 000 people, mainly children under the age of five. Controlling the mosquitoes that transmit the disease is the most practical and efficient way to prevent the infection. Indeed, the use of insecticides has been very effective to kill mosquitoes and reduce the malaria burden. Nevertheless, mosquitoes are evolving and adapting to these strategies, for example becoming resistant to commonly used insecticides, and changing their behaviour to escape the chemicals. In a few years, mosquitoes could be completely resistant to any available insecticides, therefore we urgently require novel ways to control mosquitoes to avert the risk of a global public health catastrophe. This talk will present ways to control mosquito populations to prevent endemic and emerging diseases such as malaria, zika and dengue. In addition, it will highlight new research paths aimed at developing biocontrol strategies and surveillance tools to monitor mosquitoes, thus supporting the fight against vector-borne diseases.
In collaboration with: http://www.aisuk.org/
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