Distribution of tick-borne diseases in China

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Hong-Juan Peng¹  Jin-Song Zhu³  Shan-Shan Wei¹  Ren-Hua Na¹  Xian-Bo Wu² 

[1] Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510515, China;Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510515, China;Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, 311 Engel Hall, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA

关键词: China;    Epidemic;    Tick-borne diseases;    Ticks;   

Others  :  1227981
DOI  :  10.1186/1756-3305-6-119

 received in 2013-03-29, accepted in 2013-04-08,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

As an important contributor to vector-borne diseases in China, in recent years, tick-borne diseases have attracted much attention because of their increasing incidence and consequent significant harm to livestock and human health. The most commonly observed human tick-borne diseases in China include Lyme borreliosis (known as Lyme disease in China), tick-borne encephalitis (known as Forest encephalitis in China), Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (known as Xinjiang hemorrhagic fever in China), Q-fever, tularemia and North-Asia tick-borne spotted fever. In recent years, some emerging tick-borne diseases, such as human monocytic ehrlichiosis, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and a novel bunyavirus infection, have been reported frequently in China. Other tick-borne diseases that are not as frequently reported in China include Colorado fever, oriental spotted fever and piroplasmosis. Detailed information regarding the history, characteristics, and current epidemic status of these human tick-borne diseases in China will be reviewed in this paper. It is clear that greater efforts in government management and research are required for the prevention, control, diagnosis, and treatment of tick-borne diseases, as well as for the control of ticks, in order to decrease the tick-borne disease burden in China.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Wu et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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