Vector-borne diseases are responsible formore than 17% of human cases of infectious diseases. Inmost situations, effective control of debilitating and deadly vector-bone diseases (VBDs), such as malaria, dengue, chikungunya, yellowfever, Zika and Chagas requires upto-date, robust and comprehensive information on the presence, diversity, ecology, bionomics and geographic spread of the organisms that carry and transmit the infectious agents. Huge gaps exist in the information related to these vectors, creating an essential need for campaigns to mobilise and share data. The publication of data papers is an effective tool for overcoming this challenge. These peer-reviewed articles provide scholarly credit for researchers whose vital work of assembling and publishingwell-described, properly formatted datasets often fails to receive appropriate recognition. To address this, GigaScience's sister journal GigaByte partnered with the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) to publish a series of data papers, with support from the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), hosted by theWorld Health Organisation (WHO). Here we outline the initial results of this targeted approach to sharing data and describe its importance for controlling VBDs and improving public health.
Publishing data to support the fight against human vector-borne diseases / Edmunds, Scott C; Fouque, Florence; Copas, Kyle A; Hirsch, Tim; Shimabukuro, Paloma Helena Fernandes; Andrade-Filho, José Dilermando; Marceló, Catalina; Morales, Carlos Andrés; Lesmes, María Camila; Fuya, Patricia; Méndez, Sergio; Cadena, Horacio; Ávila-Díaz, Álvaro; Santamaría, Erika; Južnič-Zonta, Živko; Eritja, Roger; Palmer, John R B; Bartumeus, Frederic; Dos Santos-Conceição, Maurício; Chahad-Ehlers, Samira; Silva-Inácio, Cássio Lázaro; Lozovei, Ana Leuch; de Andrade, Andrey José; Paull, Sara; Ángel Miranda, Miguel; Barceló, Carlos; Schaffner, Francis; Della-Torre, Alessandra; Brosens, Dimitri; Dekoninck, Wouter; Hendrickx, Guy; Van Bortel, Wim; Deblauwe, Isra; Smitz, Nathalie; Versteirt, Veerle; Godoy, Rodrigo Espindola; Brilhante, Andreia Fernandes; Ceccarelli, Soledad; Balsalobre, Agustín; Vicente, María Eugenia; Curtis-Robles, Rachel; Hamer, Sarah A; Landa, José Manuel Ayala; Rabinovich, Jorge E; Marti, Gerardo A; Schigel, Dmitry. - In: GIGASCIENCE. - ISSN 2047-217X. - 11:1(2022), pp. 1-5. [10.1093/gigascience/giac114]
Publishing data to support the fight against human vector-borne diseases
Della-Torre, AlessandraMembro del Collaboration Group
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2022
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Vector-borne diseases are responsible formore than 17% of human cases of infectious diseases. Inmost situations, effective control of debilitating and deadly vector-bone diseases (VBDs), such as malaria, dengue, chikungunya, yellowfever, Zika and Chagas requires upto-date, robust and comprehensive information on the presence, diversity, ecology, bionomics and geographic spread of the organisms that carry and transmit the infectious agents. Huge gaps exist in the information related to these vectors, creating an essential need for campaigns to mobilise and share data. The publication of data papers is an effective tool for overcoming this challenge. These peer-reviewed articles provide scholarly credit for researchers whose vital work of assembling and publishingwell-described, properly formatted datasets often fails to receive appropriate recognition. To address this, GigaScience's sister journal GigaByte partnered with the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) to publish a series of data papers, with support from the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), hosted by theWorld Health Organisation (WHO). Here we outline the initial results of this targeted approach to sharing data and describe its importance for controlling VBDs and improving public health.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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