GigaScience, 2022, 11, 1–5 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giac114 Commentary Publishing data to support the fight against human vector-borne diseases 1, 2 3 3 4,5 Scott C Edmunds *, Florence Fouque , Kyle A Copas , Tim Hirsch , Paloma Helena Fernandes Shimabukuro , José 4,5 6 7 6,8 6 Dilermando Andrade-filho , Catalina Marceló , Carlos Andrés Morales , María Camila Lesmes , Patricia Fuya , 6 9 8 6 10 11 Sergio Méndez , Horacio Cadena , Álvaro Ávila-Díaz , Erika Santamaría , Živko Južnič-Zonta , Roger Eritja , John 12 10,11,13 14 15 R.B. Palmer , Frederic Bartumeus , Maurício dos Santos-Conceição , Samira Chahad-Ehlers , Cássio 16 14 17 18 19 Lázaro Silva-Inácio , Ana Leuch Lozovei , Andrey José de Andrade , Sara Paull , Miguel Ángel Miranda , 19 20 21 22 23 Carlos Barceló , Francis Schaffner , Alessandra Della-Torre , Dimitri Brosens , Wouter Dekoninck , 24 25 25 26 27 28 Guy Hendrickx , Wim Van Bortel , Isra Deblauwe , Nathalie Smitz , Veerle Versteirt , Rodrigo Espindola Godoy , 29 30,31 30,31 30 Andreia Fernandes Brilhante , Soledad Ceccarelli , Agustín Balsalobre , María Eugenia Vicente , 32 32 33 30,31 30,31 Rachel Curtis-Robles , Sarah A. Hamer , José Manuel Ayala Landa , Jorge E. Rabinovich , Gerardo A. Marti and Dmitry Schigel3 1 GigaScience Press, BGI Hong Kong Tech Co Ltd., RmA 26F Kings Wing Plaza 2, 1 On Kwan Street, Shek Mun, Sha Tin, NT, Hong Kong SAR 2 Special Programme for Research & Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization, Avenu Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland 3 GBIF Secretariat Universitetsparken 15. DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark 4 Coleção de Flebotomíneos (FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB), Instituto René Rachou, Fiocruz Minas Avenida Augusto de Lima, 1715 - Barro Preto, 30190009, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 5 Grupo de Estudos em Leishmanioses, Instituto René Rachou, Fiocruz Minas Avenida Augusto de Lima, 1715 - Barro Preto, 30190009, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 6 Grupo de Entomología, Instituto Nacional de Salud, 111321, Bogotá, Columbia 7 Secretaría de Salud Departamental del Cauca, 190003, Popayán, Colombia 8 Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales, 111166, Bogotá, Colombia 9 Programa de Estudio y Control de Enfermedades Tropicales PECET, 050010, Medellín, Colombia 10 Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), C/d’accés a la Cala St. Francesc 14, 17300 Blanes, Girona, SpainCentre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), C/d’accés a la Cala St. Francesc 14, 17300 Blanes, Girona, Spain 11 Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals (CREAF), Edifici C Campus de, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain 12 Departament de Ciències Polítiques i Socials, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Plaça de la Mercè, 10-12, 08002 Barcelona, Spain 13 Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), 23 Passeig de Lluís Companys, 08010 Barcelona, Spain 14 Basic Pathology Department, Federal University of Paraná, Av. Cel. Francisco H. dos Santos, 100 - Jardim das Américas, Curitiba, PR 81531-980, Brazil 15 Genetics and Evolution Department, Federal University of São Carlos, Rodovia Washington Luís, km 235 SP-310, São Carlos, SP 13565-905, Brazil 16 Microbiology and Parasitology Department, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Av. Senador Salgado Filho, 3000, Natal, RN 59078-970, Brazil 17 Post-graduate Programme in Entomology, Zoology Department, Federal University of Paraná, Av. Cel. Francisco H. dos Santos, 100 - Jardim das Américas, Curitiba, PR 81531-980, Brazil 18 National Ecological Observatory Network, Battelle, 1685 38th St, Boulder, CO 80301, USA . 19 Applied Zoology and Animal Conservation group, University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), Ctra Valldemossa km 7.5, 07122 Palma, Spain 20 Francis Schaffner Consultancy, Lörracherstrasse 50, 4125 Riehen, Switzerland 21 Dep. Public Health and Infectious diseases, University Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy. 22 Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Havenlaan 88 b73, 1000, Brussels, Belgium 23 Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS - BopCo & Scientific Heritage Service), Vautierstraat 29, 1000, Brussels, Belgium 24 Avia-GIS NV, Risschotlei 33, 2980, Zoersel, Belgium 25 Unit Entomology, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITG), Nationalestraat, 155, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgium 26 Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA - BopCo), Leuvensesteenweg 17, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium 27 Agency for Nature and Forests, (ANB), Havenlaan 88 b75, 1000, Brussels, Belgium 28 Independent Researcher, Brazil 29 Universidade Federal do Acre, Departamento de Ciências da Saúde e Educação Física. Universidade Federal do Acre, Distrito Industrial, Rio Branco, 69920900, Er, Brasil 30 Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores (CEPAVE-CCT-La Plata-CONICET-UNLP), La Plata, Buenos Aires 1900, Argentina 31 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, 1002, Argentina 32 College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77845, USA 33 Facultad de Agronomia, UCV, Apdo. 4579, Museo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola (MIZA), 2101A, Maracay, Venezuela ∗ Corresponding author. Scott Edmunds, BGI Hong Kong Tech Co Ltd., Hong Kong, NT HONG KONG. E-mail: scott@gigasciencejournal.com Abstract Vector-borne diseases are responsible for more than 17% of human cases of infectious diseases. In most situations, effective control of debilitating and deadly vector-bone diseases (VBDs), such as malaria, dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, Zika and Chagas requires up- to-date, robust and comprehensive information on the presence, diversity, ecology, bionomics and geographic spread of the organisms Received: October 21, 2022. Accepted: October 24, 2022 C The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press GigaScience. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 2 | GigaScience, 2022, Vol. 11, No. 1 that carry and transmit the infectious agents. Huge gaps exist in the information related to these vectors, creating an essential need for campaigns to mobilise and share data. The publication of data papers is an effective tool for overcoming this challenge. These peer-reviewed articles provide scholarly credit for researchers whose vital work of assembling and publishing well-described, properly- formatted datasets often fails to receive appropriate recognition. To address this, GigaScience’s sister journal GigaByte partnered with the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) to publish a series of data papers, with support from the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), hosted by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Here we outline the initial results of this targeted approach to sharing data and describe its importance for controlling VBDs and improving public health. Body Text biological systems. And a second call for papers for the GigaByte Free and open access to biodiversity data enables research and series has also just been reopened. analysis needed to confront the threats and growing burden that As well as being on hand for any papers that required curation vector-borne diseases and their control place on human health. and hosting of large supplemental files, the GigaScience Press Gi- The World Health Organization (WHO)’s Global Vector Control gaDB team were also on hand to assist the data peer review pro- Response (GVCR) 2017–2030 calls for additional efforts on data cess. This involved data auditing and providing a data review for sharing on disease vectors, and Pillar 3 of the GVCR emphasizes each submission, ensuring the data was open and FAIR (findable, vector surveillance and monitoring of interventions. Universal, accessible, interoperable and reusable). The review included se- free and open access to data on vectors will help countries to lecting a number of data points to be carefully inspected, and ver- strengthen their response against vector-borne diseases and to ifying that the total number of occurrences and the geographic improve health and well-being. The achievement of this goal re- range were consistent with the details in the paper. To comply quires development and management of databases within acces- with GigaByte’s stringent open data policies, the journal insisted sible platforms where all stakeholders, from researchers to those upon use of CC0 public domain waivers for the datasets described implementing vector control, can find supplementary informa- in the data papers. In some of the submissions, the review also tion and experience. TDR, the special program for research and picked up inconsistencies in the metadata caused by conversion training on tropical diseases, hosted by WHO, is committed to problems and non-ASCI characters. In line with Open Peer Re- helping researchers, especially from low and lower-middle income view, the peer reviews and data review templates are available for countries (LMICs), to have access to data-sharing platforms and scrutiny via the Article Review History tabs on all of the papers. to enhance their capacity to publish their data and thus make The results of this first call for data papers have been promis- them accessible to the wider community. Data papers are a cost- ing and the results are highlighted here. The first 11 publications efficient and effective tool to increase digital availability of rele- present more than 500 000 occurrence records linked to 675 000 vant biodiversity data, and to mainstream data openness across specimens across over 50 countries (Fig. 1) [1]. The data described research communities. Support of data papers on disease vectors in the papers includes occurrence records (including specimen through sponsorship of special issues is thus fully aligned with collections) published through GBIF.org, imaging data in the EBI TDR’s objectives. Bioimaging repository, DNA barcodes in NCBI, and other miscel- The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) has in re- laneous data hosted in GigaDB and Dryad repositories. Publica- cent years identified a number of priority research and policy ar- tion in GigaScience’s sister journal GigaByte has enabled use of a eas where increased availability of biodiversity data would pro- new state-of-the-art XML-first publishing platform, and the pa- vide a richer evidence base. These include data-intensive, cross- pers include embedded dynamics, such as interactive maps and disciplinary research into vectors and reservoirs of human dis- embedded protocols. Additionally, papers are linked to preprints eases, for which critical taxonomic and geographic data gaps and there are multilingual options for many papers that allow Por- on the occurrence of species represent a significant obstacle. In tuguese and Spanish speakers to better understand the implica- 2020, GBIF formed a task group on mobilization and use of bio- tions of important work relating to the public health of their com- diversity data for research and policy on human diseases, with munities. In the next section we outline this first phase of submis- a mandate to provide advice, priority directions and expert opin- sions, what they presented, and what has been learned from the ions. Among the measures supported by this task group is pro- process of publishing them. motion of and support for the publication of data papers, as a means of encouraging data sharing by a community of data hold- ers largely unfamiliar with the process of publishing biodiver- Important stories that can be told through sity datasets through GBIF. As data papers ideally describe well- open data prepared datasets already available in a platform such as GBIF, sponsored calls for submissions with article processing charges As well as mobilizing a significant volume of data, the submissions (APCs) waived for authors, provide a direct incentive and support represented diverse vectors, locations and forms. And while the for publishing datasets that are correctly formatted and of high datasets are presented primarily for re-use by others, an analysis quality. With support from TDR a first sponsored call for human reveals several interesting insights from the data itself. disease vector data papers in GigaByte journal was announced in The online catalogue of the Coleção de Flebotomíneos November 2021, and after going through peer review the resulting (FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB) has been derived from approximately 72 000 first phase of papers were all published by the end of May 2022 [1]. individual specimens and 370 species deposited at the René Many biodiversity data experts within the GBIF collaborative net- Rachou/Fiocruz Institute in Belo Horizonte, Brazil [2]. This dataset work, as well as task group members, provided direct support for covers over 80 years of sandfly research in Brazil and 20 countries preparation of the data papers submitted to GigaByte, helping to in the Americas, making it the largest and most comprehensive bridge the domains of biodiversity and biomedical research. Fol- collection of these insects. Approaches to capturing this data has lowing positive reaction to these activities within the GBIF net- varied, with another paper also digitising observations of all pub- work and from TDR, plans are under development to scale up this lished scientific studies on sandflies in the Brazilian state of Acre initial experiment across taxa, diseases, regions and complexity of [3]. Publishing of human disease vector data | 3 Figure 1: A summary of the disease vector data shared through the first phase of the sponsored call for data papers. As well as national and international scale collections, papers high-risk introduction routes in Belgium, where data is collected also presented work collected in the lands of indigenous peoples at defined points of entry. It also includes genetic sequencing data, in the Brazilian Amazon [4]. These sandfly vector records were ob- as DNA-barcoding was used as a quality control step to validate tained from areas of disease transmission where cutaneous leish- 5% of the morphological identifications. This work showed that maniasis is endemic, and has grown with changes in the environ- new exotic species could even be detected in temperate Belgium, ment and hunting practices. The authors hope that these records such as Ochlerotatus/Aedes koreicus, which had not been reported will contribute to a better understanding of leishmaniasis trans- in Europe until then. mission dynamics among these communities, as well as to in- In addition to national surveillance schemes, collaborative crease data on the distribution of these insect vectors in locations supranational projects are also represented in the series, with that are remote and difficult to access, and that therefore are sur- AIMSurv presenting data from the first pan-European harmonized veyed by public health systems. surveillance of Aedes invasive mosquito species organized under The “Ana Leuch Lozovei” collection presents an incredible di- the framework of the AIMCOST Action [9]. In 2020, AIMSurv was versity of 100 species of Culicidae in 18 municipalities in Paraná implemented by 42 teams from 24 countries. Data comprised a state, Southern Brazil, collected between 1967 and 1999 [5]. It core file with 19 130 samples that improve knowledge of the Euro- records three species for the first time in Brazil, signifying the ex- pean seasonal pattern of the Aedes invasive mosquito species Ae. pansion of geographical distribution of the species previously re- albopictus, Ae. japonicus and Ae. koreicus. stricted to certain locations or countries. Citizen scientists are accounted for, with the Mosquito Alert The public health importance of this data has been very clear, dataset including occurrence records of adult mosquitoes col- such as a collection of data coming from the screening of ur- lected by citizens through the Mosquito Alert smartphone app ban households in three municipalities with a high incidence of [10]. Each record is linked to a photograph which is validated by dengue in Southwestern Colombia [6]. It presents novel data for entomological experts to assess the species. The paper shows that the geographical distribution of 2383 specimens belonging to the citizens can be part of a mature near-real-time surveillance sys- Culicidae family, alongside the house infestation percentage per tem of targeted disease-vector mosquito species of concern in the municipality and additional descriptive measures of the sampled EU. From a surveillance perspective, the system has been able to mosquitos at each location. This type of data is not often reported detect many appearances of Aedes albopictus well beyond its im- due to the sampling effort involved in entomological sampling. mediate expansion front. Another major highlight is the first de- The MODRISK [7] and MEMO [8] projects presented the out- tection in 2018 of Aedes japonicus in Spain, an isolated population puts of state-of-of-the-art monitoring of the exotic Aedes genus in located 1300 km away from its previously nearest known location Belgium. MODRISK uses a novel randomised approach to model in Europe. mosquito biodiversity distribution at a 1-km resolution, based on Another project that includes citizen-collected data forms a longitudinal data, systematic screens and historical collections sub-dataset of American triatomine, insect vectors involved in going back to 1878. MEMO (Monitoring of Exotic MOsquitoes in Chagas disease that are also known as “kissing bugs” [11]. With Belgium) looks at early detection of exotic mosquito species along 90% of the US collected data obtained from the Kissing bugs and 4 | GigaScience, 2022, Vol. 11, No. 1 Chagas Disease in the United States community science program. The Mosquito Alert team had to make many decisions on how The work is the result of an exhaustive review of public informa- to put together an organic, ever growing and mutating data collec- tion combined with substantial inter-institutional collaboration, tion system with many actors involved, and highly heterogeneous which integrated information spanning 24 countries in the Amer- contributions to the dataset by experts. They worked to come up icas. with the right format for author citation, and to set up a credit sys- Other vectors include work presenting abundance, diversity tem to evaluate contributions from multiple and diverse collabo- and pathogen data on ticks, collected by the United States Na- rators. This exercise triggered many debates within the Mosquito tional Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) [12]. The dataset Alert team, and between the Mosquito Alert team and the expert is unique because of the availability of detailed surveillance data validation community, on issues going much beyond the dataset alongside tick pathogen infection data across a large geographic itself. The authors these efforts represent a big step towards the area (428 960 occurrences across the whole United States includ- development of a system to give credit to the worldwide commu- ing Alaska and Puerto Rico). An unprecedented level of associated nity of digital entomologists contributing to the Mosquito Alert environmental data collected at the same sites is also available dataset, and to better application of the FAIR principles which from the NEON data portal, including: remote sensing data, data they aim to follow in the future. This has helped the Mosquito on abiotic variables, and observational data on nearby flora and Alert team with their ongoing efforts, and also provides a model fauna. This makes it optimal for complex and multi-scale analy- for other projects involving diverse collaborations and citizen sci- ses of changing tick distributions, tick invasions and the patterns ence to share their datasets. and processes underlying tick vector, host and pathogen dynam- ics. Archived samples of ticks and genomic extracts included in the dataset add to its value and re-use potential. Conclusions Free and open access to easily discoverable data are key to making rapid advances in all areas of research. Opening this call has led directly to researchers and institutions sharing a wealth of data Lessons learned through data publication that is of extremely important public health interest. These col- Polling the many authors of these papers for what they have lections represent potential reference for possible changes in the learned from producing and publishing these data papers, the prevalence and geographic distribution of vector species for fu- most common responses were how to prepare a data paper under- ture entomological surveys. With the series now open for a second standing the GBIF publication process and maximising their data phase of submissions, this approach will continue to fill not just collection´s availability to the wider public. Authors highlighted the remaining taxonomic and geographic gaps, but as an ongoing the high level of collaboration among all participants, since the project hopefully also temporal ones as well. activity was based on free collaboration and data sharing. Data papers can also provide proper recognition of large numbers of participants that can contribute to data collection in the form of Additional Files author and/or consortium collaborators (e.g., AIMSurv, with 78 au- Supplementary File 1. Interview questions with the vectors of hu- thors and 92 collaborators). Collectively, free and open access to man disease series authors. this data on biodiversity enables its sharing and integration with other vector surveillance initiatives around the world. As well as their own learning, the authors gained experience that also en- Data Availability abled them to “teach/advocate” to their co-authors and collab- The associated papers and datasets linked to them are all listed orators about open data, open science, data management, stan- in the supplemental file (Supplementary 1). dards and the data publication process. Mapping datasets to Dar- win Core terms provided new insight into the contents of these datasets and linkages between vectors and pathogens. Providing a Editor’s Note succinct overview of the utility of the dataset and the data collec- In part due to the novel publishing process, features, and outputs tion and quality control methods helps data producers to better from this series, GigaByte was the winner of the 2022 Association communicate the strength of the data and potential questions for of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) Innovation analysis. in Publishing Award. GigaByte is now taking submissions for the As much of the work was based on historical collections and re- second round for this series with sponsored APCs. Please contact views of literature, the authors found the process of putting these editorial@gigabytejournal.com if you have any potential submis- papers together enlightening to understand the chronology and sions or questions. evolution in the knowledge of the diversity of these vectors in the regions studied. They also highlighted the geographical and tem- poral data gaps still remaining. Abbreviations Some of the authors feel the data papers may turn out to be- APCs: article processing charges; GBIF: Global Biodiversity Infor- come even more important than analysis papers. Since data is the mation Facility; GVCR: Global Vector Control Response; MEMO: driving force of science and should always be made freely avail- Monitoring of Exotic MOsquitoes in Belgium; NEON: National Eco- able for any party to work with, writing and openly sharing these logical Observatory Network; TDR: Special Programme for Re- data papers contributes to that essential idea. search and Training in Tropical Diseases, VBD: vector-bone dis- The process of writing these papers also provoked very impor- eases; WHO: World Health Organization tant questions regarding the nature of these types of collabora- tions, bringing together entomologists, public health researchers, data experts, and even citizens and independent researchers not Competing Interests usually credited for their contributions to scientific publications. The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Publishing of human disease vector data | 5 Funding Daniel Rocha Cangussu Alves, Jéssica Adalia Costa Barros, Luiz Otavio Cordeiro Nascimento, Luke Anthony Baton, Maíra Poster- This series was supported by sponsorship from the WHO. aro Freire, Manoel Edson Medeiros Da Silva, Mauro Diego Gobira Guimarães De Assis, Sofia Ferreira Morais, Tiago Silva Da Costa, Veracilda Ribeiro Alves, Eduardo Stramandinoli Moreno, Acknowledgements References The authors of all of the papers from the first phase of the series 1. Vectors of human disease series. GigaByte 2022. https://doi.org/ were polled with a number of questions in the process of putting 10.46471/GIGABYTE_SERIES_0002 together this paper, and the full responses are included as a sup- 2. Andrade-filho, JD, Reis, AS, Monteiro, CC et al. Online catalogue plemental file. The authors of this “umbrella” overview of the dis- of the Coleção de Flebotomíneos (FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB), a biologi- ease vectors series in GigaByte would like to acknowledge the con- cal collection of American sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phle- tributions of the other authors and contributors of these papers. botominae) held at Fiocruz Minas, Brazil. Gigabyte 2022;2022:1– These include the following: 6, https://doi.org/10.46471/gigabyte.52 FIOCRUZ/COLFLEB: 3. Godoy, RE, José De Andrade, A, Shimabukuro, PHF et al. Sand fly Alanna Silva Reis, Carolina Cunha Monteiro (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) records in Acre, Brazil: a Mosquito Alert: dataset. Gigabyte 2022;2022:1–7, https://doi.org/10.46471/gigab Isis Sanpera-calbet, Agustí Escobar, Joan Garriga, Aitana Oltra, yte.60 Alex Richter-boix, Francis Schaffner, Alessandra Della Torre, 4. Shimabukuro, PHF, Alves, DRC, Barros, JAC et al. 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