Medical Entomology
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Which mosquitoes transmit malaria? Is the tiger mosquito the vector of the Zika virus? How is the transmission going? Find answers in the MOOC "Medical Entomology".
- Duration: 2 months
- Effort: 24 hours
- Pace: ~12 hours/month
- Languages: English and french
What you will learn
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Identify most insects and other arthropods likely to transmit viruses, parasites, or bacteria.
- Explain the transmission cycle of pathogens to humans.
- Describe environmental changes that increase the migration of vectors far from their native habitat.
- Show the role of mosquitoes and other arthropods in the transmission of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases.
- Consider measures to be taken to fight against vectors and/or emergence of pathogens in humans.
Description
Which mosquitoes transmit the parasites responsible for malaria? Is the Asian tiger mosquito the vector of the Zika virus? How does the transmission take place from vectors to humans and conversely?
About 25% of annual deaths worldwide are related to infectious diseases and 23% of them are directly related to vector-borne diseases. Vector-borne diseases have a zoonotic origin meaning that the pathogen is transmitted from animals to humans. Pathogens are primarily maintained within an enzootic cycle between populations of non-human primates or other mammals and zoophilic vectors.
This “wild” cycle sometimes spills over with infections of humans and domestic animals. Lifestyle changes, incursions by humans into natural habitats, and changes in agropastoral practices create opportunities that make the borders between wildlife and humans more permeable.
The MOOC aims at providing a comprehensive overview of the main vectors (insects and hematophagous arthropods) and associated diseases (Malaria, Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika, Lyme or Chagas diseases).
The design of control strategies for vector-borne diseases should be guided by research in emergence mechanisms and in control of vectors.
Format
This MOOC is organized in 6 weeks of 3-6 sequences. Each sequence is composed of a 10 minutes video and a multiple choice test to help students check their understanding. The videos are in English, subtitled in French and English. All the tests are in English and in French.
The MOOC students are invited to actively interact with the teaching team and the other students through the forum and during a live stream webinar.
Prerequisites
We recommend a good scientific background in biology (such as bachelor of science).
The MOOC is dedicated to students in biological or medical sciences, public health advisors (human and animal health), stakeholders in vector control, researchers and NGO members.
Assessment and certification
To follow this course, you can choose between two options:
- The Discovery Course gives access to videos, quizzes and discussions in the forum. No certificate is issued for this course. Registration is free.
- The Qualifying Course leads to a certificate. In addition to the activities of the Discovery Course, you will have to take a one-hour supervised distance learning exam, consisting of 30 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and obtaining 18 correct answers. The registration fee for the Qualifying Course is 150€.
Successful completion of the Qualifying Course gives you the opportunity to apply for the Institut Pasteur Online Diploma of Infectious Diseases (DNM2IP), which consists of 5 certificates to Institut Pasteur MOOCs on infectious diseases. To learn more, visit the Institut Pasteur's web page dedicated to this diploma.
Course plan
- 1 - Arthropods of medical and veterinary importance - Gérard Duvallet
2 - Orientation towards hosts in hematophagous insects - Vincent Robert
3 - Hematophagy and transmission of pathogens - Vincent Robert
4 - Genetic and Environmental determinants of vector-pathogen interactions - Louis Lambrechts
5 - Vector-parasite interactions: what is a population & why do we care - Karen McCoy
6 - Insecticide resistance in insect vectors - Jean-Philippe David
- 1 - Zika, the new threat - Anna-Bella Failloux
2 - Dengue fever - Marie Vazeille
3 -Yellow fever - Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira
4 - Chikungunya, vector change and emergence - Anna-Bella Failloux
5 - Infection by West-Nile virus - Stéphan Zientara
6 -Natural history of Rift Valley fever - Mawlouth Diallo
- 1 - History of malaria control strategies, a cycle of euphoria and apathy? - Marc Coosemans
2 - The global malaria strategy - Marc Coosemans
3 - Population genetics of Malaria vectors - Frédéric Simard
4 - Tsetse flies and African trypanosomiasis - Brice Rotureau
5 - Triatominae and Chagas disease - Claudio Lazzari
- 1 - Culicoides biting midges and transmission of Blue tongue - Claire Garros
2 - Fleas and plague - Vincent Robert
3 - Black flies and onchocerciasis - Aleksandra Ignjatovic Cupina
4 - Ticks: biology, medical and veterinary importance - Sarah Bonnet
5 - Phlebotomine sandflies - Jérôme Depaquit
6 - Role of sand flies in the transmission of arboviruses - Remi Charrel
- 1 - Mathematical modelling of epidemics - Simon Cauchemez
2 - Emerging and Re-emerging viruses, what did we learn? - Xavier de Lamballerie
3 - RNA virus, genetic variability and evolution - Marco Vignuzzi
- 1 - Skin interface and arthropod borne diseases - Nathalie Boulanger
2 - RNAi-mediated antiviral immunity in insects - Maria-Carla Saleh
3 - Importance of the insect microbiome in vector adaptation and pathogen transmission - Claire Valiente-Moro
Course team
Anna Bella Failloux
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Anna-Bella Failloux is head of the Arboviruses and Insect Vectors unit, at the Institut Pasteur, Paris. Her main interest is to decipher the factors leading to the viral emergence by analyzing the vector competence.
CHRISTOPHE PAUPY
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Christophe Paupy is a medical entomologist, researcher at IRD within the joint research unit "Infectious diseases and vectors: ecology, genetics, evolution and control".
Marine Viglietta
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I am preparing my phD under the supervision of Pr. Anna-Bella Failloux in Arboviruses and Insect Vectors Unit at Institut Pasteur.
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