Description du projet
Une meilleure prévention des maladies à transmission vectorielle
Les maladies à transmission vectorielle (MTV ou VBD pour «vector-borne diseases») touchent aussi bien les humains que le bétail en Afrique et en Europe. La détection précoce, la prévision et la lutte contre les VBD reposent sur une compréhension transorganisme approfondie des caractéristiques qui leur confèrent la capacité de persister dans les zones endémiques. Le projet PREPARE4VBD, financé par l’UE, se concentrera sur plusieurs VBD et groupes vectoriels afin d’envisager les possibilités de synergie en termes d’approches intégrées et rentables visant à optimiser la surveillance, la prévention et la lutte en la matière. Le projet se focalisera sur les moustiques, les tiques, les escargots et sur une gamme de leurs VBD, comme la fièvre de la Vallée du Rift, l’ehrlichiose, la theilériose et la fasciolose. Son objectif est de produire de nouveaux outils de détection, systèmes de surveillance et connaissances afin d’améliorer la préparation aux VBD.
Objectif
PREPARE4VBD builds on the conviction that a true shift in our ability for early detection, prediction and control of vector-borne diseases (VBDs) of both livestock and humans in Africa and Europe, can only come from advancing a deep cross-organismal understanding of the features that allow VBDs to persist in endemic areas. We will therefore “cast the net wide” focusing on several VBDs and vector groups to explore synergistic opportunities for integrated and cost-effective approaches to optimize surveillance, prevention and control of VBDs.
Specifically, we will address three vector groups (mosquitoes, ticks and snails) and a range of their diverse VBDs (Rift Valley Fever, ehrlichiosis, theileriosis and fasciolosis), to advance a broad, conceptual knowledge reaching beyond specific VBDs. We believe that only through a better understanding of what enables theVBDs and vectors to persist in their areas of origin, how they manage to spread or what allows some VBDs to successfully span the entire global North-South climatic gradient – will we gain the insights and actionable knowledge that enables us to predict the potential of VBDs to spread and establish in new areas.
PREPARE will establish a truly multidisciplinary network of partner institutions in Europe and Africa, including leading capacities in mosquito- tick- and snail-borne diseases of livestock and humans. The partners cover a wide range of disciplines such as vector ecology, molecular biology, bioinformatics, metagenomics, climate change and predictive spatio-temporal modelling, epidemiology and One Health. Our suggested approach is proactive, focusing on better prevention of tick-, mosquito- and snail-borne diseases of livestock and humans, by increasing disease knowledge in Africa, developing improved tools for rapid detection and state-of-art model-based surveillance for early detection and forecasting to form a blueprint for best practices for optimized VBD surveillance strategies for the targeted diseases
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