Wikel Stephen K
Department of Medical Sciences, Frank H. Netter, M.D., School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT 06518, USA.
Vet Sci. 2018 Jun 20;5(2):60. doi: 10.3390/vetsci5020060.
Ticks transmit the most diverse array of infectious agents of any arthropod vector. Both ticks and the microbes they transmit are recognized as significant threats to human and veterinary public health. This article examines the potential impacts of climate change on the distribution of ticks and the infections they transmit; the emergence of novel tick-borne pathogens, increasing geographic range and incidence of tick-borne infections; and advances in the characterization of tick saliva mediated modulation of host defenses and the implications of those interactions for transmission, establishment, and control of tick infestation and tick-borne infectious agents.
蜱虫传播的感染因子种类比任何节肢动物媒介都要多。蜱虫及其传播的微生物都被认为是对人类和兽医公共卫生的重大威胁。本文探讨了气候变化对蜱虫分布及其传播的感染的潜在影响；新型蜱传病原体的出现、蜱传感染地理范围的扩大和发病率的上升；以及蜱虫唾液介导的宿主防御调节特性的进展，以及这些相互作用对蜱虫侵袭、蜱传感染因子的传播、定殖和控制的影响。
