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Bull World Health Organ. 1963;29(1):59-74.
More than 150 arthropod-borne viruses are now recognized, and over 50 of these are known to produce human infections and disease. Among these viruses are those of the tick-borne Russian spring-summer complex, which is etiologically involved in a wide variety of human diseases of varying severity. The eight antigenically different members of this complex so far known are Russian spring-summer encephalitis, louping-ill, Central European encephalitis, Omsk haemorrhagic fever, Kyasanur Forest disease, Langat, Negishi and Powassan viruses.In his review of the problems posed by these viruses and of research on them, the author points out that, while this complex is distributed around the globe in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere, the only serious tick-borne virus disease known in the tropics is Kyasanur Forest disease. It is probable, however, that there are other, unrecognized tick-borne viruses in the tropical areas of Asia, Africa and America of importance to human health, and that these will be brought to light as virological studies of diseases of now obscure etiology are pursued.
目前已确认的节肢动物传播病毒超过150种，其中50多种已知会引发人类感染和疾病。这些病毒包括蜱传俄罗斯春夏脑炎病毒复合体中的病毒，该复合体在病因上与多种严重程度各异的人类疾病有关。目前已知该复合体的八个抗原性不同的成员为俄罗斯春夏脑炎病毒、跳跃病病毒、中欧脑炎病毒、鄂木斯克出血热病毒、基萨那森林病病毒、兰加特病毒、根岸病毒和波瓦桑病毒。在回顾这些病毒所带来的问题以及对它们的研究时，作者指出，虽然这个病毒复合体分布于北半球温带地区的全球各地，但热带地区已知的唯一严重蜱传病毒病是基萨那森林病。然而，在亚洲、非洲和美洲的热带地区，很可能存在其他对人类健康具有重要意义但尚未被确认的蜱传病毒，随着对病因不明疾病的病毒学研究不断深入，这些病毒将会被发现。
