MILES J A
Bull World Health Organ. 1964;30(2):197-210.
In recent years there has been an increasing awareness of the importance of arthropod-borne viruses in the Western Pacific region and in South-East Asia. This realization of the importance of these viruses as causes of human morbidity and mortality and of economic loss due to infection of domestic animals has led to studies attempting to elucidate the basic ecology of some of these viruses. The author reviews the extent of knowledge of the ecology of Japanese and Murray Valley encephalitis viruses and indicates possible mechanisms for the overwintering of the viruses based on experiments in which other viruses were mainly used. He discusses the limited available knowledge on the ecology of dengue and emphasizes the necessity of research on the possibility that this disease is a zoonosis. A brief discussion is also given of the haemorrhagic diseases which are found in these regions and a brief description of the state of knowledge on the ecology of Kyasanur Forest disease and epidemic nephroso-nephritis. A brief discussion is also included on the ecology of the tick-borne Russian spring-summer encephalitis.
近年来，人们越来越意识到节肢动物传播病毒在西太平洋地区和东南亚地区的重要性。认识到这些病毒作为人类发病和死亡原因以及家畜感染导致经济损失的重要性后，促使人们开展研究以阐明其中一些病毒的基本生态学。作者回顾了日本脑炎病毒和墨累谷脑炎病毒的生态学知识范围，并根据主要使用其他病毒进行的实验指出了这些病毒越冬的可能机制。他讨论了登革热生态学方面有限的现有知识，并强调有必要研究这种疾病是否为人畜共患病的可能性。还简要讨论了这些地区发现的出血性疾病，并简要描述了基孔肯雅森林病和流行性肾病生态学的知识状况。还简要讨论了蜱传俄罗斯春夏脑炎的生态学。
