Medical Entomology: A Reemerging Field of Research to Better Understand Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases
Year: 2017
Type: review
Abstract: In the last decade, the Chikungunya and Zika virus outbreaks have turned public attention to the possibility of the expansion of vector-borne infectious diseases worldwide. Medical entomology is focused on the study of arthropods involved in human health. We review here some of the research approaches taken by the medical entomology team of the University Hospital Institute (UHI) Méditerranée Infection of Marseille, France, with the support of recent or representative studies. We propose our approaches to technical innovations in arthropod identification and the detection of microorganisms in arthropods, the use of arthropods as epidemiological or diagnostic tools, entomological investigations around clinical cases or within specific populations, and how we have developed experimental models to decipher the interactions between arthropods, microorganisms, and humans.
Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix463
Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Inserm, Aix-Marseille Université, Méditerranée Infection Foundation, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, Hôpital l'Archet, Centre Méditerranéen de Médecine Moléculaire, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique, Unité des Virus Emergents, Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le Paludisme, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene
Language: English
Subfield: Parasitology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2740896348