%0 Journal Article
%9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES
%A Roiz, David
%A Pontifes, P. A.
%A Jourdain, F.
%A Diagne, C.
%A Leroy, B.
%A Vaissière, A. C.
%A Tolsé-García, M. J.
%A Sallesh, J. M.
%A Simard, Frédéric
%A Courchamp, F.
%T The rising global economic costs of invasive Aedes mosquitoes and Aedes-borne diseases
%D 2024
%L fdi:010091298
%G ENG
%J Science of the Total Environment
%@ 0048-9697
%K Economic costs ; Aedes aegypti ; Aedes albopictus ; Dengue ; Zika ; Chikungunya ; Invasive mosquitoes
%K MONDE
%M ISI:001298422900001
%P 173054 [11 ]
%R 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173054
%U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010091298
%> https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/2024-10/010091298.pdf
%V 933
%W Horizon (IRD)
%X Invasive Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes transmit viruses such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika, posing a huge public health burden as well as having a less well understood economic impact. We present a comprehensive, global-scale synthesis of studies reporting these economic costs, spanning 166 countries and territories over 45 years. The minimum cumulative reported cost estimate expressed in 2022 US$ was 94.7 billion, although this figure reflects considerable underreporting and underestimation. The analysis suggests a 14-fold increase in costs, with an average annual expenditure of US$ 3.1 billion, and a maximum of US$ 20.3 billion in 2013. Damage and losses were an order of magnitude higher than investment in management, with only a modest portion allocated to prevention. Effective control measures are urgently needed to safeguard global health and well-being, and to reduce the economic burden on human societies. This study fills a critical gap by addressing the increasing economic costs of Aedes and Aedes-borne diseases and offers insights to inform evidence-based policy.
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