Distribution of tick-borne diseases in China

Wu, Xian-Bo; Na, Ren-Hua; Wei, Shan-Shan; Zhu, Jinsong; Peng, Hong-Juan

Distribution of tick-borne diseases in China

dc.contributor.author	Wu, Xian-Bo	en
dc.contributor.author	Na, Ren-Hua	en
dc.contributor.author	Wei, Shan-Shan	en
dc.contributor.author	Zhu, Jinsong	en
dc.contributor.author	Peng, Hong-Juan	en
dc.contributor.department	Biochemistry	en
dc.date.accessioned	2013-05-01T15:03:25Z	en
dc.date.available	2013-05-01T15:03:25Z	en
dc.date.issued	2013-04-23	en
dc.date.updated	2013-05-01T15:03:25Z	en
dc.description.abstract	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.	en
dc.description.version	Published version	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Parasites & Vectors. 2013 Apr 23;6(1):119	en
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-119	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/19371	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International	en
dc.rights.holder	Xian-Bo Wu et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	en
dc.title	Distribution of tick-borne diseases in China	en
dc.title.serial	Parasites & Vectors	en
dc.type	Article - Refereed	en
dc.type.dcmitype	Text	en