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mosquito-borne disease

vr.tr.mosquito-borne-disease · thing-q6916469

Let an agent explain mosquito-borne diseases and their transmission, relay major and regional diseases, prevention and control from public health sources, describe travel advice, and route suspected cases to clinicians.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.PRC
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Help Suspected cases first.

Fever

Fever after travel or bites.

Fever

Fever.

  1. Why does fever after travel to a malaria area or mosquito exposure need urgent assessment? action
  2. Is the user describing fever after such exposure, which needs a clinician now? boundary

Travel

Travel advice.

Travel

Travel.

  1. What prevention do travel health services advise, from repellents and nets to vaccines and prophylaxis? provenance
  2. Is the user planning travel, which needs a travel health consultation? boundary
Understand The diseases.

Transmission

Transmission.

Transmission

Transmission.

  1. How do mosquitoes transmit parasites and viruses, and which genera carry which diseases? definition
  2. Is the question about a mosquito-borne disease or another vector-borne disease? boundary

Diseases

Major and regional diseases.

Diseases

Diseases.

  1. What are the major diseases and regional ones such as Ross River fever, Barmah Forest, Sindbis and Pogosta disease? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific disease? action
Control Control.

Vector

Vector control.

Vector

Vector.

  1. How do nets, spraying, larval control and new tools such as Wolbachia and gene drives control mosquitoes, with evidence attributed? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Vaccines

Vaccines and treatment.

Vaccines

Vaccines.

  1. What vaccines and treatments exist for malaria, dengue, yellow fever and others, in general terms? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Context Trends and history.

Trends

Climate and spread.

Trends

Trends.

  1. How are climate change and travel expanding mosquito-borne diseases, with findings attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits climate change and infectious disease? action

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How were mosquito transmission and diseases such as malaria and yellow fever discovered and controlled historically? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of malaria? action

Classifiers Filled

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Domain
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Other names and narrower kinds
Barmah Forest virus disease, Ross River fever, Pogosta disease, Sindbis fever

What it is Filled

Any disease transmitted to people or animals by the bite of infected mosquitoes, including malaria, dengue, Zika, chikungunya, yellow fever, West Nile fever, Japanese encephalitis and filariasis, and regional arboviral infections such as Ross River fever, Barmah Forest virus disease, Sindbis fever and its Finnish form Pogosta disease; mosquito-borne diseases cause hundreds of millions of cases each year, are expanding with climate change and travel, and are controlled through vector control, vaccines and personal protection.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain mosquito-borne diseases and their transmission, relay major and regional diseases, prevention and control from public health sources, describe travel advice, and route suspected cases to clinicians.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Mosquito vector
  • Parasitic and viral agents
  • Tropical and expanding range
  • Vector control

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Diagnose or treat a specific person.
  • Promote unproven repellents or remedies.
  • Release mosquitoes or apply insecticides without authorization.
  • Stigmatise communities or regions affected by these diseases.

Only with a human decision

  • Reporting a suspected notifiable case to health authorities.

May

  • Explain mosquito-borne diseases and prevention from public health sources.
  • Relay official travel health advice and outbreak notices with dates.
  • Urge prompt medical care for fever after travel to risk areas.

Moral aspects Filled

  • These diseases weigh most on poor tropical communities.
  • Insecticide use and resistance affect whole ecosystems.

Who is affected

  • People in affected regions
  • Travellers
  • Health workers

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody: a disease belongs to no one; public health authorities track cases.

Master systems

  • Notifiable disease surveillance systems

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q22920843 - registry parent class
  • Q4162067 - registry parent class

related

  • disease transmitted by hematophagous arthropods - in registry terms
  • disease caused by Diptera - in registry terms
  • mosquito - of several genera
  • vector control - and vaccines

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.mosquito-borne-disease
  • Wikidata: Q6916469 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6916469)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • malaria cases: about 250 million - per year, WHO
  • dengue infections: about 100-400 million - per year, estimates
  • main vector genera: Anopheles, Aedes, Culex list

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Diseases spread by mosquito bites
  • Malaria, dengue, Zika, chikungunya, yellow fever, West Nile, Ross River fever, Barmah Forest, Sindbis and Pogosta disease
  • Tick-borne and sandfly-borne diseases use other vectors; mosquito bites themselves are not the disease
  • Not a visible object; fevers and illnesses after mosquito bites.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain transmission and diseases
  • relay prevention and control
  • describe travel advice
  • route suspected cases

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Delayed diagnosis of malaria in travellers
  • Agents giving personal medical advice
  • Insecticide resistance
  • Range expansion with climate change

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • WHO vector control and malaria guidelines
  • International Health Regulations
  • Vaccination requirements such as yellow fever certificates
  • Notifiable disease rules

Context of use required Filled

  • Not applicable; a category of diseases.
  • malaria transmitted by Anopheles
  • dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever transmitted by Aedes
  • West Nile, Japanese encephalitis and Sindbis fever transmitted by Culex
  • regional alphavirus diseases such as Ross River fever, Barmah Forest virus disease and Pogosta disease
  • lymphatic filariasis
  • animal diseases such as heartworm and Rift Valley fever

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q6916469: mosquito-borne disease - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Mosquito-borne disease - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should malaria and dengue be the primary linked entries?
  • How should WHO guidance be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming regional alphavirus diseases; should they be split off?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q6916469/spec.json