Repurposing isoxazoline veterinary drugs for control of vector-borne human diseases.
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Isoxazolines are oral insecticidal drugs currently licensed for ectoparasite control in companion animals. Here we propose their use in humans for the reduction of vector-borne disease incidence. Fluralaner and afoxolaner rapidly killed Anopheles, Aedes, and Culex mosquitoes and Phlebotomus sand flies after feeding on a drug-supplemented blood meal, with IC50 values ranging from 33 to 575 nM, and were fully active against strains with preexisting resistance to common insecticides. Based on allometric scaling of preclinical pharmacokinetics data, we predict that a single human median dose of 260 mg (IQR, 177-407 mg) for afoxolaner, or 410 mg (IQR, 278-648 mg) for fluralaner, could provide an insecticidal effect lasting 50-90 days against mosquitoes and Phlebotomus sand flies. Computational modeling showed that seasonal mass drug administration of such a single dose to a fraction of a regional population would dramatically reduce clinical cases of Zika and malaria in endemic settings. Isoxazolines therefore represent a promising new component of drug-based vector control.
Date Issued
2018-07-17
Date Acceptance
2018-01-31
Citation
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018, 115 (29), pp.E6920-E6926
ISSN
0027-8424
Publisher
National Academy of Sciences
Start Page
E6920
End Page
E6926
Journal / Book Title
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Volume
115
Issue
29
Copyright Statement
© 2018 National Academy of Sciences. Published under the PNAS license (http://www.pnas.org/page/authors/licenses).
Sponsor
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
National Institutes of Health
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29967151
PII: 1801338115
Grant Number
OPP1068440
OPP1092240
1U01GM110721-03
MR/R015600/1
Subjects
insecticide
isoxazoline
malaria
vector control
zika fever
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Date Publish Online
2018-07-02