Symposium 17. How Does Having a Vector Matter?

摘要

The theme of this year's ESA meeting was “ecological knowledge and a global sustainable society.” Wildlife, domestic animal, and human health are all essential concerns for building a global sustainable society, and vector-borne pathogens are of particular interest because they provide one of the clearest examples of how environment influences disease patterns, and therefore, how ecological understanding can contribute to public health policy. The goal of this symposium was to emphasize important generalities, differences, and gaps in knowledge across host–vector–pathogen systems, and to highlight avenues for reconciling models and data to produce quantitative frameworks for vector-borne disease control.