Could Australian ticks harbour emerging viral pathogens?
Caitlin A O’Brien A C , Roy A Hall A D and Ala Lew-Tabor B E
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A The University of Queensland, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Building #76, Cooper Road, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
B The University of Queensland, Queensland Alliance of Agriculture and Food Innovation, Building #80, 306 Carmody Road, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
C Email: caitlin.obrien@uqconnect.edu.au
D Email: roy.hall@uq.edu.au
E Email: a.lewtabor@uq.edu.au
Microbiology Australia 39(4) 185-190 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA18060
Published: 24 October 2018
Abstract
Tick-borne viruses contribute significantly to the disease burden in Europe, Asia and the US. Historically, some of the most well-known viruses from this group include the human pathogens, tick-borne encephalitis virus and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus. More recently multiple emerging tick-borne viruses have been associated with severe disease in humans with Bourbon virus and Heartland virus isolated from patients in the US and severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus reported from China, Japan, and South Korea. Such examples highlight the need for broader approaches to survey arthropod pathogens, to encompass not only known but novel pathogens circulating in Australian tick populations.
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