"Should governments and international organizations shift their focus and allocate more resources towards the development of antiviral treatments for dengue and chikungunya, in place of or alongside current mosquito control and prevention strategies, given the significant healthcare, economic, and societal burdens these diseases impose on affected regions, or should the primary emphasis remain on prevention and mosquito control efforts?" why?
A post-pandemic increase in international travel has contributed to a surge in dengue in parts of southern Europe, where it had not been recorded previously. The long and warm summer is also to blame: it allowed tiger mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus), which inhabit southern Europe and can carry the disease, to thrive. Most people who catch dengue have no symptoms, but it can cause fever, headaches and fatigue, and kills as many as 40,000 people each year. Because the European outbreaks are small, scientists don’t expect dengue to become endemic there — at least, not anytime soon...
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03407-6
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