WILDTECH

Novel Technologies for Surveillance of Emerging and Re-emerging Infections of Wildlife

Coordinatore	THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM    more  Organization address address: University Park city: NOTTINGHAM postcode: NG7 2RD contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Paul Cognome: Cartledge Email: send email Telefono: +44 115 951 5679 Fax: +44 115 951 3633
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	8˙961˙377 €
EC contributo	5˙996˙822 €
Programma	FP7-KBBE Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology
Code Call	FP7-KBBE-2007-2A
Funding Scheme	CP-IP
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-07-01   -   2013-12-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM  Organization address address: University Park city: NOTTINGHAM postcode: NG7 2RD contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Paul Cognome: Cartledge Email: send email Telefono: +44 115 951 5679 Fax: +44 115 951 3633	UK (NOTTINGHAM)	coordinator	1˙327˙828.00
2	THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS  Organization address address: Area 1A, Nobel House, Smith Square 17 city: LONDON postcode: SW1P 3JR contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Lucinda Cognome: Cranham Email: send email Telefono: 441932000000 Fax: 441932000000	UK (LONDON)	participant	1˙084˙598.00
3	SRUC  Organization address address: West Mains Road city: EDINBURGH postcode: EH9 3JG contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Michael Cognome: Smith Email: send email Telefono: +44 131 535 4074 Fax: +44 131 535 4183	UK (EDINBURGH)	participant	669˙819.00
4	FRIEDRICH LOEFFLER INSTITUT - BUNDESFORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUER TIERGESUNDHEIT  Organization address city: GREIFSWALD-INSEL RIEMS postcode: 17493 contact info Nome: Dietmar Cognome: Nobis Email: send email Telefono: +49 3641 804334 Fax: +49 3641 804350	DE (GREIFSWALD-INSEL RIEMS)	participant	627˙744.00
5	STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK  Organization address address: Costerweg 50 city: WAGENINGEN postcode: 6701BH contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Jan Cognome: Everloo Email: send email Telefono: 31320238511 Fax: 31320238668	NL (WAGENINGEN)	participant	546˙982.00
6	ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS  Organization address address: CHARILAOU THERMI ROAD 6 KM city: THERMI THESSALONIKI postcode: 57001 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Elias Cognome: Houstis Email: send email Telefono: 302421000000 Fax: 302421000000	EL (THERMI THESSALONIKI)	participant	532˙191.00
7	STATENS VETERINAERMEDICINSKA ANSTALT  Organization address address: Ulls Vaeg 2B city: UPPSALA postcode: 75189 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Hans Cognome: Strombom Email: send email Telefono: 4618674291 Fax: 4618309162	SE (UPPSALA)	participant	491˙217.00
8	INSTITUT D ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR ET DE RECHERCHE EN ALIMENTATION SANTE ANIMALE SCIENCES AGRONOMIQUES ETDE L ENVIRONNEMENT VETAGRO SUP  Organization address address: AVENUE BOURGELAT 1 city: MARCY L ETOILE postcode: 69280 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Dominique Cognome: Monlong Email: send email Telefono: 33478872536 Fax: 33487872707	FR (MARCY L ETOILE)	participant	314˙058.00
9	Alere Technologies GmbH  Organization address address: Loebstedter Str. 103-105 city: Jena postcode: 7749 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Janko Cognome: Otto Email: send email Telefono: +49 36 41 3111163 Fax: +49 36 41 3111120	DE (Jena)	participant	239˙160.00
10	Twycross Zoo East Midland Zoological Society Limited  Organization address address: Burton Road city: Atherstone postcode: CV9 3PX contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Kathryn Ann Cognome: Marshall Email: send email Telefono: 441828000000 Fax: 441828000000	UK (Atherstone)	participant	150˙000.00
11	THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE  Organization address address: ASH ROAD PIRBRIGHT city: WOKING postcode: GU24 0NF contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Keith Cognome: Simpson Email: send email Telefono: 441636000000 Fax: +441243 232448	UK (WOKING)	participant	13˙225.00
12	HRVATSKI VETERINARSKI INSTITUT  Organization address address: Savska cesta 143 city: ZAGREB postcode: 10000 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Drazen Cognome: Stefanovic Email: send email Telefono: 38516123607 Fax: 38516190841	HR (ZAGREB)	participant	0.00
13	KENTRO EREVNAS TECHNOLOGIAS KAI ANAPTYXIS THESSALIAS  Organization address address: TECHNOLOGIKO PARKO A VIPE city: VOLOS postcode: 38500 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Elias Cognome: Houstis Email: send email Telefono: 302421000000 Fax: 302421000000	EL (VOLOS)	participant	0.00
14	UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN  Organization address address: "Gymnasium Place, 110" city: SASKATOON postcode: 57N 4JB contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Patrick Cognome: Zimmer Email: send email Telefono: 13069666060 Fax: 13069667387	CA (SASKATOON)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'With the increasing impact of mankind’s activities on the natural environment, disease naturally harboured by wild animals, both within the geographical limits of the EU and elsewhere, are becoming increasingly significant both for public health and health of livestock, in addition to having direct concerns for wild animal species. We are proposing a project which will combine (i) technological development to enable high through-put array-based screening of samples from a wide variety of wild animals with (ii) surveillance of terrestrial, aerial and marine wild animal species within Europe and from countries which act as portals of disease entry into the EU, (iii) epidemiological analysis and risk assessment using data generated during the project and from other sources, and (iv) development and proposal of a model framework for disease surveillance within Europe developed in parallel with the burgeoning systems in North America. The proposal will place the EU at the centre of wildlife disease surveillance and also enable the translation of high throughput array-based technologies into human and veterinary medicine.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

A recently completed research project has developed a surveillance system to monitor diseases of wild animals in Europe that could affect human or livestock populations.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

Seventy-five per cent of all human diseases from the last two decades are of wildlife origin. The spread of wildlife diseases is often caused by viruses evolving in response to changes in the human population, host-pathogen relationship or environmental pollution.

Until now, there has been no coordinated effort to monitor the spread of infection within and between different countries in the EU. To address this problem, the 'Novel technologies for surveillance of emerging and re-emerging infections of wildlife' (http://www.wildtechproject.com/ (WILDTECH)) project devised a technology platform for high-throughput disease diagnosis in wild animals.

WILDTECH research members designed high-throughput diagnostic tests to identify more than 200 pathogens in wildlife populations, and more in-depth methods for 20 priority diseases. This technology allows the EU to continuously monitor the spread of wildlife diseases and evaluate potential risks to the human population.

Investigators established a pathogen database to store all the information about samples tested in the project. Part of the data that related to pathogen characterisation was forwarded to the http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/List_Vols/Wildpro_Gen_Cont.htm (Wildpro electronic encyclopaedia).

WILDTECH also developed statistical tests to predict disease outbreaks in the EU and surrounding countries. This has been incorporated into a multi-host disease model essential for epidemiologists across the EU.

Ultimately, this work will help prevent the spread of disease, thereby reducing the mortality rate and improving welfare for both human and animal populations.