West Nile virus detection programme, surveillance of culex sp. In Montenegro, 2019

Abstract

Vectors and vector-borne diseases are fascinating systems to study in addition to their importance to human and animal health, a single environmental factor may have opposite impact on the system at different points in time. Interdisciplinary collaboration is essential for proper survey and it’s requires awareness of the differences between disciplines and the ability to effectively communicate with each other. It is only by forming multi-disciplinary groups to focus on specific vector-host-pathogen systems we will be able to answer the most pressing problems. During season 2019 interdisciplinary collaborative “Programme for WNV detection in Montenegro” has been launched based on One Health Concept. This approach is essential for studying such systems: ‘a worldwide strategy for expanding interdisciplinary collaborations and communications in all aspects of healthcare for humans, animals and the environment’. At paper we present first year preliminary results of collaboration.