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ECDC-Led Review Flags Fragmented Governance as Key Barrier to Mosquito Control in Europe

ECDC-Led Review Flags Fragmented Governance as Key Barrier to Mosquito Control in Europe

EU agencies warn that fragmented authority, narrow biocide options and resistance threaten control of dengue, chikungunya and West Nile virus. Evidence draws on two ECDC surveys and regulatory reviews but lacks prospective outcome data. Coordinated One Health investment is presented as the required next step.

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Next steps identified include expanded resistance monitoring networks, comparative cost-effectiveness trials of larvicides versus SIT, and harmonized biocidal product authorizations. Without these, projections indicate continued geographic expansion of competent vectors under current climate trajectories.

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ECDC: Reported autochthonous dengue cases in EU/EEA exceed 500 in 2027 season.

Sources (3)

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    Primary Source(https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2026.31.33.2500801)
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    Supporting Source(https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/surveillance-vector-borne-diseases-europe-2025)
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    Supporting Source(https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240061234)