Comment on: Emergence of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in Khartoum State, Central Sudan

Abstract This letter comments on the article “Emergence of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in Khartoum State, Central Sudan” published in Parasites and Vectors 2021, 14:511. Here we aim of provide a response to this paper in the broader context of the invasion and spread of An. steph...

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Autores principales:	Jan Kolaczinski, Samira Al-Eryani, Emmanuel Chanda, Lucia Fernandez-Montoya
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Publicado:	BMC 2021
Materias:	Anopheles stephensi Sudan Horn of Africa Invasion Response Surveillance Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b065fe5e8d0547f4bee1c28998eddd5c2021-11-28T12:22:57ZComment on: Emergence of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in Khartoum State, Central Sudan10.1186/s13071-021-05080-y1756-3305https://doaj.org/article/b065fe5e8d0547f4bee1c28998eddd5c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-05080-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/1756-3305Abstract This letter comments on the article “Emergence of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in Khartoum State, Central Sudan” published in Parasites and Vectors 2021, 14:511. Here we aim of provide a response to this paper in the broader context of the invasion and spread of An. stephensi in the Horn of Africa, and the required response to it. We agree with the authors that the arrival of this invasive vector in Khartoum State is of high public health concern. Equally concerning, however, we found that the detection of the vector by the authors in 2018 seemingly took 3 years to communicate to the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization (WHO), and was reliant on an academic journal. We consider that this short report sets a poor example of how public health threats should be reported. Suitable communication alternatives to alert public health authorities to such threats have been put in place by the WHO and its Member States, and are well known to at least some of the authors of the short report. We would like to encourage all readers not to follow the example of Ahmed et al. but instead act as responsible public health professionals by drawing on the established reporting mechanisms and escalate potential threats as soon as they are identified. Graphical AbstractJan KolaczinskiSamira Al-EryaniEmmanuel ChandaLucia Fernandez-MontoyaBMCarticleAnopheles stephensiSudanHorn of AfricaInvasionResponseSurveillanceInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216ENParasites & Vectors, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-3 (2021)
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topic	Anopheles stephensi Sudan Horn of Africa Invasion Response Surveillance Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
spellingShingle	Anopheles stephensi Sudan Horn of Africa Invasion Response Surveillance Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Jan Kolaczinski Samira Al-Eryani Emmanuel Chanda Lucia Fernandez-Montoya Comment on: Emergence of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in Khartoum State, Central Sudan
description	Abstract This letter comments on the article “Emergence of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in Khartoum State, Central Sudan” published in Parasites and Vectors 2021, 14:511. Here we aim of provide a response to this paper in the broader context of the invasion and spread of An. stephensi in the Horn of Africa, and the required response to it. We agree with the authors that the arrival of this invasive vector in Khartoum State is of high public health concern. Equally concerning, however, we found that the detection of the vector by the authors in 2018 seemingly took 3 years to communicate to the Ministry of Health and World Health Organization (WHO), and was reliant on an academic journal. We consider that this short report sets a poor example of how public health threats should be reported. Suitable communication alternatives to alert public health authorities to such threats have been put in place by the WHO and its Member States, and are well known to at least some of the authors of the short report. We would like to encourage all readers not to follow the example of Ahmed et al. but instead act as responsible public health professionals by drawing on the established reporting mechanisms and escalate potential threats as soon as they are identified. Graphical Abstract
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author	Jan Kolaczinski Samira Al-Eryani Emmanuel Chanda Lucia Fernandez-Montoya
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title	Comment on: Emergence of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in Khartoum State, Central Sudan
title_short	Comment on: Emergence of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in Khartoum State, Central Sudan
title_full	Comment on: Emergence of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in Khartoum State, Central Sudan
title_fullStr	Comment on: Emergence of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in Khartoum State, Central Sudan
title_full_unstemmed	Comment on: Emergence of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in Khartoum State, Central Sudan
title_sort	comment on: emergence of the invasive malaria vector anopheles stephensi in khartoum state, central sudan
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Comment on: Emergence of the invasive malaria vector Anopheles stephensi in Khartoum State, Central Sudan

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