Influenza roadmap:
Control Strategies
Roadmap for the development of disease control strategies for influenza
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Vectors
Vectors
Research Question
- Role of mechanical vectors (rodents, house flies -Musca domestica, other insects) in premise-to-premise transmission
Research Gaps and Challenges
- Lack of knowledge of the level of importance of vector transmission
- Vectors flow freely between farms and wild areas and among farms
- Different types of vectors have different mechanisms of spread and varied roles in transmission/persistence/outbreak spread
Solution Routes
- Ecology studies of farming systems to identify potential vectors (insects, vermin, etc.) under varied stressors like during normal times and when there is an outbreak
- Surveillance of various potential vectors
- Challenge and transmission studies on various hosts
- Transmission studies from specific vectors to poultry
Dependencies
- Include vector control in all biosecurity plans
Projects
What activities are planned or underway?
US-UK Collab: Avian influenza virus in cattle, a framework for forecasting transmission dynamics of zoonotic disease in livestock systems
Planned Completion date 31/01/2030
Source Countries:
United States
PARTNERSHIP:Harnessing Bovine Organoids to Advance HPAI Influenza A Virus Research
Planned Completion date 14/03/2029
Source Countries:
United States