Tick-transmitted human infections in Asia
Matthew T Robinson A B E , Khamsing Vongphayloth C , Jeffrey C Hertz D , Paul Brey C and Paul N Newton A B
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A Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU), Microbiology Laboratory, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Lao PDR
B Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
C Institut Pasteur du Laos, Vientiane, Lao PDR
D U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit TWO, Sembawang, Singapore
E Tel: +856 (0) 21 250752, Email: matthew.r@tropmedres.ac
Microbiology Australia 39(4) 203-206 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA18064
Published: 24 October 2018
Abstract
Vector-borne pathogens of human significance cause a predicted 17% of infectious diseases worldwide, of which, ~23% are tick transmitted1. Although second to mosquitoes in terms of impact, ticks are thought to carry a greater diversity of pathogens than other arthropod vectors2. Asia is a key region for tick-borne pathogens, with tick species typically restricted to latitudes below 60–55°N3 where the climate is warmer and wetter – from the steppe regions of Russia to the tropical rainforests of South East Asia.
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