Come together: Data sharing to support one health responses to vector‐borne disease threats
Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) are an increasing threat to animal and human health worldwide. Due to the complexity of VBD transmission and ecology, informing responses to VBDs can be challenging. A One Health approach provides a powerful framework for addressing these threats, but its effectiveness depends on timely access to and integration of diverse and often fragmented data categories. Here we outline three key community actions: applying global metadata and data standards, depositing data into global repositories and responsible shared data usage, which can enhance VBD data sharing. We highlight how these data-sharing practices allow for the development of new informatic infrastructure, established by the One Health VBD Hub project, to facilitate analyses and ultimately enhance our ability to provide timely responses to endemic and emerging VBD threats.
Authors
- C. J. Sanders (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7335-9597)
- Bethan V. Purse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5140-2710)
- Helen Clare Roberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6201-3876)
- Sara Gandy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2579-4479)
- Clare Strode (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2833-8073)
- Corrado Minetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7862-4874)
- Frederik Seelig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8701-0268)
- Susana Campino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1403-6138)
- Isabelle Dietrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6300-109X)
- Fahad Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6469-3358)
- David A. Ewing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9974-8179)
- Arran J. Folly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0106-2185)
- Christopher M. Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6504-6224)
- G. W. Kirby
- Steven M. White (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3192-9969)
- Grant L. Hughes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7567-7185)
- Marion England (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2224-9555)
- Samraat Pawar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8375-5684)
- Lauren J. Cator (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6627-1490)
- Adam M. Fisher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9532-9575)
- Robert T. Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6421-0881)
- Hannah Rose Vineer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1488-0315)
- Karen L. Mansfield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0068-4727)
- Scott Tytheridge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4680-8008)
- Estela González (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4296-0080)
- David Starns (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6583-9067)
- Maisie Vollans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0848-9395)
- Jolyon M. Medlock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9822-3697)
- Heather M. Ferguson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9625-5176)
- Marta S. Shocket (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8995-4446)
- William D. Pearse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6241-3164)
- Matthew Baylis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0335-187X)
- Nina Billows (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3786-6911)
- Stanislav Modrak
- Francis Windram
- Sarah Kelly
- Simon Smith‐Mullally
Institutions
- The Pirbright Institute (GB)
- University of Leeds (GB)
- Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (GB)
- University of Ulster (GB)
- Edge Hill University (GB)
- Animal and Plant Health Agency (GB)
- Environment Agency (GB)
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (GB)
- The Open University (GB)
- Aarhus University (DK)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (GB)
- Global Security Intelligence (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (GB)
- Merseytravel (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Lancaster University (GB)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medical and Veterinary Entomology
- Published
- 2026-07-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.70096
- Primary Topic
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00