TY - JOUR
T1 - Insights from agriculture for the management of insecticide resistance in disease vectors
AU - Sternberg, Eleanore D.
AU - Thomas, Matthew B.
N1 - Funding Information:
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grant/Award Number: OPP1131603; National Institutes of Health, Grant/Award Number: R21 AI113609-01A1
Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Grant # OPP1131603) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Grant # OPP1131603) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Grant # R21 AI113609-01A1). The content of this manuscript is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. The contents of the paper were inspired by a workshop held at Penn State University in September 2015. We thank Jeff Bloomquist, Martin Donnelly, Fred Gould, Ian Hastings, Mark Hoppe, Penny Lynch, Mike MacDonald, Dave Mortensen, Rick Roush, and Jeff Scott for their presentations at the workshop and Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment for workshop support. We further thank Fred Gould, Mark Hoppe, Mike MacDonald, and David Malone for comments on an early draft of the manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors. Evolutionary Applications published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
PY - 2018/4
Y1 - 2018/4
N2 - Key to contemporary management of diseases such as malaria, dengue, and filariasis is control of the insect vectors responsible for transmission. Insecticide-based interventions have contributed to declines in disease burdens in many areas, but this progress could be threatened by the emergence of insecticide resistance in vector populations. Insecticide resistance is likewise a major concern in agriculture, where insect pests can cause substantial yield losses. Here, we explore overlaps between understanding and managing insecticide resistance in agriculture and in public health. We have used the Global Plan for Insecticide Resistance Management in malaria vectors, developed under the auspices of the World Health Organization Global Malaria Program, as a framework for this exploration because it serves as one of the few cohesive documents for managing a global insecticide resistance crisis. Generally, this comparison highlights some fundamental differences between insect control in agriculture and in public health. Moreover, we emphasize that the success of insecticide resistance management strategies is strongly dependent on the biological specifics of each system. We suggest that the biological, operational, and regulatory differences between agriculture and public health limit the wholesale transfer of knowledge and practices from one system to the other. Nonetheless, there are some valuable insights from agriculture that could assist in advancing the existing Global Plan for Insecticide Resistance Management framework.
AB - Key to contemporary management of diseases such as malaria, dengue, and filariasis is control of the insect vectors responsible for transmission. Insecticide-based interventions have contributed to declines in disease burdens in many areas, but this progress could be threatened by the emergence of insecticide resistance in vector populations. Insecticide resistance is likewise a major concern in agriculture, where insect pests can cause substantial yield losses. Here, we explore overlaps between understanding and managing insecticide resistance in agriculture and in public health. We have used the Global Plan for Insecticide Resistance Management in malaria vectors, developed under the auspices of the World Health Organization Global Malaria Program, as a framework for this exploration because it serves as one of the few cohesive documents for managing a global insecticide resistance crisis. Generally, this comparison highlights some fundamental differences between insect control in agriculture and in public health. Moreover, we emphasize that the success of insecticide resistance management strategies is strongly dependent on the biological specifics of each system. We suggest that the biological, operational, and regulatory differences between agriculture and public health limit the wholesale transfer of knowledge and practices from one system to the other. Nonetheless, there are some valuable insights from agriculture that could assist in advancing the existing Global Plan for Insecticide Resistance Management framework.
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U2 - 10.1111/eva.12501
DO - 10.1111/eva.12501
M3 - Article
C2 - 29636795
AN - SCOPUS:85021404674
VL - 11
SP - 404
EP - 414
JO - Evolutionary Applications
JF - Evolutionary Applications
SN - 1752-4571
IS - 4
ER -