The COVID-19 pandemic should not derail global vector control efforts

About the Authors: Frederik Seelig * E-mail: frederik.seelig@lshtm.ac.uk Affiliation: The Global Vector Hub, Department for Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8701-0268 Haroldo Bezerra Affiliation: Department of Communicable Diseases and Environmental Determinants of Health, Neglected, Tropical and Vector-Borne Diseases, Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization, Washington, DC, United States of America Mary Cameron Affiliation: The Global Vector Hub, Department for Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5693-082X Jeffrey Hii Affiliation: College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Australia Alexandra Hiscox Affiliation: ARCTEC, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom Seth Irish Affiliation: U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative and Entomology Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8709-8247 Robert T. Jones Affiliations The Global Vector Hub, Department for Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, ARCTEC, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6421-0881 Trudie Lang Affiliation: The Global Health Network, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2273-5975 Steven W. Lindsay Affiliation: Department of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom Rachel Lowe Affiliations Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3939-7343 Tanaka Manikidza Nyoni Affiliation: The Global Vector Hub, Department for Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom Grace M. Power Affiliation