Detection of tick-borne pathogens in blood-fed ticks from animals across nine Asian countries
Surveillance systems against novel tick-borne diseases are significant for global health. Climate and other environmental changes have contributed to an expanding range of ticks and tick-borne diseases. Areas in Asia constitute key areas of emerging infectious diseases. Through analysis of blood-fed ticks, collected from various animals living in the natural environment, we suggest that tick-borne pathogens may harbor animals and environment and have potential risk of transmission in humans. Understanding the distribution of tick-borne pathogens requires cooperative studying and, thus, can construct standardized surveillance systems.
Authors
- Joon‐Seok Chae (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4813-3342)
- Nyambayar Batbayar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9138-9626)
- Shin Matsui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0796-8439)
- S.L. Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2390-1632)
- Hye-Ryung Byun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2853-7109)
- Noritomo Kawaji
- Morakot Kaewthamasorn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3072-8708)
- Muhammad Avais (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2229-0358)
- Tuvshinjargal Erdenechimeg
- Ana Sahara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4154-5758)
- Hyun‐Young Nam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2701-7713)
- Remil Linggatong Galay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9749-8308)
- Hien Le Thanh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8855-9623)
- Seong-Ryeong Ji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6618-4393)
- Chang‐Yong Choi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2139-3109)
- Seulgi Seo
- Mi-Sun Rieu
- Bui Khanh Linh
Institutions
- University of the Philippines Los Baños (PH)
- Tokai University (JP)
- Seoul National University (KR)
- Chulalongkorn University (TH)
- Universitas Gadjah Mada (ID)
- National Taiwan University (TW)
- Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VN)
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (JP)
- Nong Lam University Ho Chi Minh City (VN)
- University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Microbiology Spectrum
- Published
- 2025-02-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02449-24
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 12.57
Funders
- Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
- Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture and Forestry