Almeida Antonio Paulo Gouveia, Fouque Florence, Launois Pascal, Sousa Carla A, Silveira Henrique
GHTM/Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Rua da Junqueira, 100, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal; CVZ/Department of Medical Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
TDR/WHO - The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization. 20, Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
Trends Parasitol. 2017 Sep;33(9):664-668. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2017.05.011. Epub 2017 Jun 14.
Training and innovation in the field of medical entomology are essential to mitigate the burden of vector-borne diseases globally. However, there is a shortage of medical entomologists worldwide, and there are large discrepancies in capacity building in this field. In this article, we discuss the current situation, what is needed from the medical entomologist of today, and how we can bridge this gap.
医学昆虫学领域的培训与创新对于减轻全球病媒传播疾病的负担至关重要。然而,全球医学昆虫学家短缺,且该领域的能力建设存在巨大差异。在本文中,我们将讨论当前的形势、当代医学昆虫学家的需求以及我们如何弥合这一差距。