Evans Brian P, Clark Jeffrey W, Barbara Kathryn A, Mundal Kirk D, Furman Barry D, McAvin James C, Richardson Jason H
Department of Entomology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand.
US Army Med Dep J. 2009 Jul-Sep:16-27.
Malaria, dengue fever, chikungunya virus, leishmaniasis, and a myriad of other vector-borne diseases pose significant threats to the warfighter and to the overall combat effectiveness of units. Military preventive medicine (PM) assets must accurately evaluate the vector-borne disease threat and then implement and/or advise the commander on countermeasures to reduce a particular threat. The success of these measures is contingent upon the biology of the disease vector and on the tools or methods used to conduct vector/pathogen surveillance and vector control. There is a significant gap between the tools available and those required for operational PM assets to provide real-time, effective surveillance and control. A network of US Army and US Navy overseas laboratories is focused on closing the current capabilities gap. Their mission is to develop and field test tools and methods to enhance the combatant commander's ability to identify and mitigate the threat posed by these vector-borne diseases.
疟疾、登革热、基孔肯雅病毒、利什曼病以及无数其他媒介传播疾病，对战地人员和部队的整体战斗力构成了重大威胁。军事预防医学（PM）资源必须准确评估媒介传播疾病的威胁，然后实施应对措施并/或就减少特定威胁的对策向指挥官提供建议。这些措施的成功取决于疾病媒介的生物学特性以及用于进行媒介/病原体监测和媒介控制的工具或方法。现有工具与作战PM资源进行实时、有效监测和控制所需的工具之间存在巨大差距。美国陆军和美国海军海外实验室网络致力于弥合当前的能力差距。他们的任务是开发并进行实地测试工具和方法，以提高作战指挥官识别和减轻这些媒介传播疾病所构成威胁的能力。
