“…Of these, four adopt a vector ecology approach 7,8,9,10 ; two study the interface between vector ecology and the ecosystem as a modified place 11,12 ; eight deal with the ecosystem as a place that has been modified and become disease-prone 13,14,15 , in which viruses are present 16,17 , where diseases occur 18,19 , and as the place in which intervention should occur 20 ; and nine adopt ecosystem approaches which in some way include the premises laid out in the WRI report 1 . Only one of the nine studies was published by a Brazilian researcher 3 .…”