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Tick-, mosquito-, and rodent-borne parasite sampling designs for the National Ecological Observatory Network
Springer YP , Hoekman D , Johnson PTJ , Duffy PA , Hufft RA , Barnett DT , Allan BF , Amman BR , Barker CM , Barrera R , Beard CB , Beati L , Begon M , Blackmore MS , Bradshaw WE , Brisson D , Calisher CH , Childs JE , Diuk-Wasser MA , Douglass RJ , Eisen RJ , Foley DH , Foley JE , Gaff HD , Gardner SL , Ginsberg HS , Glass GE , Hamer SA , Hayden MH , Hjelle B , Holzapfel CM , Juliano SA , Kramer LD , Kuenzi AJ , LaDeau SL , Livdahl TP , Mills JN , Moore CG , Morand S , Nasci RS , Ogden NH , Ostfeld RS , Parmenter RR , Piesman J , Reisen WK , Savage HM , Sonenshine DE , Swei A , Yabsley MJ . Ecosphere 2016 7 (5) e01271 Parasites and pathogens are increasingly recognized as significant drivers of ecological and evolutionary change in natural ecosystems. Concurrently, transmission of infectious agents among human, livestock, and wildlife populations represents a growing threat to veterinary and human health. In light of these trends and the scarcity of long-term time series data on infection rates among vectors and reservoirs, the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) will collect measurements and samples of a suite of tick-, mosquito-, and rodent-borne parasites through a continental-scale surveillance program. Here, we describe the sampling designs for these efforts, highlighting sampling priorities, field and analytical methods, and the data as well as archived samples to be made available to the research community. Insights generated by this sampling will advance current understanding of and ability to predict changes in infection and disease dynamics in novel, interdisciplinary, and collaborative ways. |
Recommendations for publication of viral genetic data and sample access for novel viruses and strains.
Arrigo NC , Briese T , Calisher CH , Drebot MA , Hjelle B , Leduc JW , Powers AM , Repik PM , Roehrig JT , Schmaljohn CS , Tesh RB , Weaver SC . Am J Trop Med Hyg 2012 86 (2) 189-191 Reference collections of viruses and virus strains representing their temporal, geographic, and phenotypic ranges are critical to basic research and public health. Such collections have proved essential for helping to determine the sources of new outbreaks as well as studying viral pathogenesis, taxonomy, emergence, and evolution. The development and validation of new diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines with appropriate breadth of coverage also rely on comprehensive collections of virus strains for validation studies. Despite their critical importance, many reference collections now struggle to maintain contemporary virus isolates from across geographic and host ranges. As stated by Robert Shope, who for many years, maintained the World Reference Center on Arboviruses at Yale University and later at the University of Texas Medical Branch, “Virus collection has virtually ceased. We need to find a politically acceptable way to return to the collecting business, perhaps in the name of basic science or preservation of biological diversity.”1 This trend is the result of reduced virus isolation efforts and the regulatory burdens that many countries now require to share or transfer certain viruses to appropriate repositories. For example, in the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and sometimes Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of Wild Fauna and Flora permits are required for the importation and/or transfer of many viruses or even host and vector samples; in addition, Commerce Department permits are required to export many viruses, sometimes even to endemic countries of their origin. For regulated select agents, an extra layer of permitting and security is involved. Delays caused by these permitting and compliance processes can have devastating consequences if they impact the exchange of materials needed to aid in the research and public health responses to disease outbreaks. |
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