A minimum data standard for vector competence experiments.

ABSTRACT: The growing threat of vector-borne diseases, highlighted by recent epidemics, has prompted increased focus on the fundamental biology of vector-virus interactions. To this end, experiments are often the most reliable way to measure vector competence (the potential for arthropod vectors to transmit certain pathogens). Data from these experiments are critical to understand outbreak risk, but - despite having been collected and reported for a large range of vector-pathogen combinations - terminology is inconsistent, records are scattered across studies, and the accompanying publications often share data with insufficient detail for reuse or synthesis. Here, we present a minimum data and metadata standard for reporting the results of vector competence experiments. Our reporting checklist strik

SUBMITTER: Wu VY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9582208 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature