Antúnez Maritza Pupo, Marín Montesinos José Carlos, Corduneanu Alexandra, Obregón Dasiel, Moutailler Sara, Cabezas-Cruz Alejandro
Laboratorio de Virología. Departamento de Microbiología y Virología. Facultad de Biología, Universidad de la Habana, C.P. 10400, Plaza de la Revolución, Cuba.
Department of Animal Breeding and Animal Production, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Heliyon. 2024 Feb 9;10(4):e26118. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26118. eCollection 2024 Feb 29.
In recent decades, tick-borne diseases (TBDs) have surged and expanded globally due to factors like changes in human activities, land use patterns, and climate change, and it have been associated with the emergence of zoonotic diseases. Cuba faces the impact of ticks on human health and the economy. Although Cuba has studied TBDs extensively for the past 50 years, focus on tick-borne viral pathogens affecting humans remains scant. Despite TBDs not currently being a major health concern in Cuba, factors like inadequate clinician awareness, climate conditions, global tick emergence, and evidence of zoonotic pathogens in ticks underscore the importance of enhanced TBD surveillance in the country. Here we revised the available information on ticks as vectors of pathogenic viruses to humans, spotlighting bats as potential reservoirs of tick-borne viruses (TBVs). Ticks on bats have gained interest as potential reservoirs of pathogenic viruses to humans in Cuba and worldwide. Understanding their role in maintaining viruses and their potential transmission to humans is crucial for the implementation of surveillance and control programs to reduce the risk of tick-borne viral diseases and public health management.
近几十年来，由于人类活动、土地利用模式和气候变化等因素，蜱传疾病（TBDs）在全球范围内激增并蔓延，且与动物源性疾病的出现有关。古巴面临着蜱虫对人类健康和经济的影响。尽管古巴在过去50年里对蜱传疾病进行了广泛研究，但对影响人类的蜱传病毒病原体的关注仍然很少。尽管蜱传疾病目前在古巴并非主要的健康问题，但临床医生意识不足、气候条件、全球蜱虫出现以及蜱虫中存在动物源性病原体的证据等因素凸显了加强该国蜱传疾病监测的重要性。在此，我们修订了关于蜱虫作为人类致病病毒载体的现有信息，重点关注蝙蝠作为蜱传病毒（TBVs）潜在宿主的情况。古巴和全球范围内，蝙蝠身上的蜱虫作为人类致病病毒的潜在宿主已引起关注。了解它们在维持病毒方面的作用及其向人类的潜在传播对于实施监测和控制计划以降低蜱传病毒疾病风险和公共卫生管理至关重要。
