Multi-Disciplinary Approaches to Mosquito-Transmitted Virus Prevention: Dissecting the Correlates of Immune Evasion by an Epidemic Zika Virus Isolate and Community Acceptance of New Biorational Larvicide Technologies

Key Points

• Examine how immune evasion by Zika virus influences community acceptance of innovative larvicide technologies.
• Multi-disciplinary research including virology and social science
• Analysis of immune responses to Zika virus isolates
• Community surveys to assess acceptance of larvicide technologies
• Identified key factors in immune evasion associated with Zika virus
• Found varying levels of community acceptance for new larvicide technologies
• Highlighted the need for tailored communication strategies to improve technology acceptance