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Tick-Borne Zoonoses in the United States: Persistent and Emerging Threats to Human Health
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In the United States, ticks transmit the greatest diversity of arthropod-borne pathogens and are responsible for the most cases of all vector-borne diseases. In recent decades, the number of reported cases of notifiable tick-borne diseases has steadily increased, geographic distributions of many ticks and tick-borne diseases have expanded, and new tick-borne disease agents have been recognized. In this review, we (1) describe the known disease agents associated with the most commonly human-biting ixodid ticks, (2) review the natural histories of these ticks and their associated pathogens, (3) highlight spatial and temporal changes in vector tick distributions and tick-borne disease occurrence in recent decades, and (4) identify knowledge gaps and barriers to more effective prevention of tick-borne diseases. We describe 12 major tick-borne diseases caused by 15 distinct disease agents that are transmitted by the 8 most commonly human-biting ixodid ticks in the United States. Notably, 40% of these pathogens were described within the last two decades. Our assessment highlights the importance of animal studies to elucidate how tick-borne pathogens are maintained in nature, as well as advances in molecular detection of pathogens which has led to the discovery of several new tick-borne disease agents.
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- Authors
- Eisen, R. J., Kugeler, K. J., Eisen, L., Beard, C. B., & Paddock, C. D.
- Venue
- ILAR Journal
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2017
- Volume
- 58
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 319-335
- ISSN
- 1084-2020 (ISSN-L)
- 1930-6180
- OpenAlex
- W2600291485
- Cited by
- 312
- References
- 99
- FWCI
- 18.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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