Defra-UKRI One Health VBD Hub

病媒传播的疾病是由昆虫、蜱虫和螨虫传播的，影响人类、动物和植物的健康。它们包括莱姆病、蓝舌病、娄平病等常见疾病，以及乌苏图病毒等新传染病。在接下来的20年里，这些类型感染的风险预计会在英国增加。至关重要的是，我们需要建立关键网络和平台，以协调英国对这些迫在眉睫的威胁的反应。病媒传播疾病的传播周期往往不仅涉及病媒，还涉及几种家畜和野生动物物种，而且极其依赖于环境条件，这使得制定预防和控制病媒传播疾病的计划变得复杂。该项目将建立一个Defra-UKRI One Health VBD中心，该中心将改善有关英国病媒传播疾病的传染因子、宿主和病媒的信息的获取和共享。该项目包括建设改进的基础设施，使研究人员能够在不同的病媒和病原体物种以及生态、兽医和医学背景下工作，将他们的知识结合起来，对病媒传播的疾病威胁作出更协调的反应。我们将提供工具，帮助了解我们的环境与病媒传播疾病之间的关系，并预测环境变化将如何影响未来的风险。该项目将支持在英国研究界和决策者之间分享这些疾病的数据和发现。最后，该项目将提供一个平台和网络，以应对英国病媒疾病的威胁。

Vector-borne diseases, in which infection is spread by insects, ticks, and mites, affect the health of humans, animals, and plants. They include familiar diseases like Lyme disease, Bluetongue, and Louping Ill, and new infections like Usutu virus. Over the next 20 years, risk of these types of infections is predicted to increase in the UK. It is critical that we establish the key networks and platforms needed to coordinate the UK's response to these looming threats. Formulating plans to prevent and control vector-borne diseases is complicated by the fact that their transmission cycles often involve not only vectors but also several domestic and wildlife animal species and are extremely dependent on environmental conditions. This project will establish a Defra-UKRI One Health VBD Hub which will improve the accessibility and sharing of information about the infectious agents, hosts, and vectors involved in vector-borne disease transmission in the UK. The project includes building improved infrastructure that allows researchers working across different vector and pathogen species and ecological, veterinary, and medical contexts to combine their knowledge to deliver more coordinated responses to vector-borne disease threats. We will provide tools to help understand the relationship between our environment and vector-borne disease transmission and predict how changes in the environment will impact risk going forward. The project will support the sharing of data and findings on these diseases among the UK research community and with policy makers. In the end, the project will deliver a platform and network for dealing with UK vector-disease threats.