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Emerging tick-borne infections in mainland China: an increasing public health threat.

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Fang, L-Q; Liu, K; Li, X-L; Liang, S; Yang, Y; Yao, H-W; Sun, R-X; Sun, Y; Chen, W-J; Zuo, S-Q; Ma, M-J; Li, H; Jiang, J-F; Liu, W ...
Published in: The Lancet. Infectious diseases
December 2015

Since the beginning of the 1980s, 33 emerging tick-borne agents have been identified in mainland China, including eight species of spotted fever group rickettsiae, seven species in the family Anaplasmataceae, six genospecies in the complex Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, 11 species of Babesia, and the virus causing severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome. In this Review we have mapped the geographical distributions of human cases of infection. 15 of the 33 emerging tick-borne agents have been reported to cause human disease, and their clinical characteristics have been described. The non-specific clinical manifestations caused by tick-borne pathogens present a major diagnostic challenge and most physicians are unfamiliar with the many tick-borne diseases that present with non-specific symptoms in the early stages of the illness. Advances in and application of modern molecular techniques should help with identification of emerging tick-borne pathogens and improve laboratory diagnosis of human infections. We expect that more novel tick-borne infections in ticks and animals will be identified and additional emerging tick-borne diseases in human beings will be discovered.

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The Lancet. Infectious diseases

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1474-4457

ISSN

1473-3099

Publication Date

December 2015

Volume

15

Issue

12

Start / End Page

1467 / 1479

Related Subject Headings

  • Ticks
  • Tick-Borne Diseases
  • Rickettsia Infections
  • Rickettsia
  • Public Health
  • Microbiology
  • Lyme Disease
  • Humans
  • China
  • Borrelia burgdorferi Group
 

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Fang, L.-Q., Liu, K., Li, X.-L., Liang, S., Yang, Y., Yao, H.-W., … Cao, W.-C. (2015). Emerging tick-borne infections in mainland China: an increasing public health threat. The Lancet. Infectious Diseases, 15(12), 1467–1479. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(15)00177-2
Fang, Li-Qun, Kun Liu, Xin-Lou Li, Song Liang, Yang Yang, Hong-Wu Yao, Ruo-Xi Sun, et al. “Emerging tick-borne infections in mainland China: an increasing public health threat.The Lancet. Infectious Diseases 15, no. 12 (December 2015): 1467–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(15)00177-2.
Fang L-Q, Liu K, Li X-L, Liang S, Yang Y, Yao H-W, et al. Emerging tick-borne infections in mainland China: an increasing public health threat. The Lancet Infectious diseases. 2015 Dec;15(12):1467–79.
Fang, Li-Qun, et al. “Emerging tick-borne infections in mainland China: an increasing public health threat.The Lancet. Infectious Diseases, vol. 15, no. 12, Dec. 2015, pp. 1467–79. Epmc, doi:10.1016/s1473-3099(15)00177-2.
Fang L-Q, Liu K, Li X-L, Liang S, Yang Y, Yao H-W, Sun R-X, Sun Y, Chen W-J, Zuo S-Q, Ma M-J, Li H, Jiang J-F, Liu W, Yang XF, Gray GC, Krause PJ, Cao W-C. Emerging tick-borne infections in mainland China: an increasing public health threat. The Lancet Infectious diseases. 2015 Dec;15(12):1467–1479.
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Published In

The Lancet. Infectious diseases

DOI

EISSN

1474-4457

ISSN

1473-3099

Publication Date

December 2015

Volume

15

Issue

12

Start / End Page

1467 / 1479

Related Subject Headings

  • Ticks
  • Tick-Borne Diseases
  • Rickettsia Infections
  • Rickettsia
  • Public Health
  • Microbiology
  • Lyme Disease
  • Humans
  • China
  • Borrelia burgdorferi Group