Defra-UKRI One Health VBD Hub

病媒传播的疾病通过昆虫、扁虱和螨类传播，影响人类、动物和植物的健康。这些疾病包括莱姆病、蓝舌病和鲁珀病等常见疾病，以及Usutu病毒等新感染疾病。在接下来的20年里，这些类型的感染风险预计将在英国增加。至关重要的是，我们需要建立关键的网络和平台，以协调英国对这些迫在眉睫的威胁的反应。制定预防和控制病媒传播疾病的计划是复杂的，因为它们的传播周期往往不仅涉及病媒，而且还涉及几种家畜和野生动物物种，并且极其依赖于环境条件。该项目将建立一个Defra-UKRI One Health VBD Hub，它将改善有关英国病媒传播疾病所涉及的传染病病原体、宿主和媒介的信息的可及性和共享。该项目包括建立改进的基础设施，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，结合他们的知识，对病媒传播的疾病威胁做出更协调的反应。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。该项目将支持英国研究界和政策制定者分享关于这些疾病的数据和发现。最终，该项目将为应对英国媒介疾病威胁提供一个平台和网络。

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.