Description
The continuing emergence and evolution of tick-borne diseases has significant implications for animal and human health, and the profitability of food animal production. These problems are enhanced by the spread of ticks to new regions, and many tick-borne diseases having zoonotic capability. This book is an expansion of the EFSA report on the subject, and details the significance of tick-borne diseases, identification of tick species, emerging tick-borne infections, factors influencing the spread and distribution of ticks and surveillance and control measures.
Chapter
Significance of Tick-borne Diseases
Methods Used for the Systematic Review of the Literature
Identification Methods for Tick Species, Including the Most Recent Advanced Techniques and their Limitations
1 Emerging (Re-emerging) Tick-borne Infections and the Dissemination of Ticks
2 Basic Biology and Geographical Distribution of Tick Species Involved in the Transmission of Animal Pathogens, Including Zoonoses
2.1 Soft Ticks (Argasidae)
2.2 Hard Ticks (Ixodidae)
3 Factors Influencing the Spread and Distribution of Ticks
4 Tick-borne Infections (Including Zoonoses) in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin
4.2 Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever
4.3 Tick-borne Encephalitis Group
4.8 Recurrent (Relapsing) Fever
4.11 Other Potentially Tick-borne Infections
5 Maps of Reported Occurrence of Tick-borne Pathogens
5.2 Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever
5.3 Tick-borne Encephalitis Group Viruses
5.4 Anaplasmoses and Ehrlichioses
6 Maps of Reported Occurrence of Ticks
6.1 Soft Ticks (Argasidae), Genus Ornithodoros
6.2 Hard Ticks (Ixodidae)
7 Surveillance and Control Measures
7.1 Introduction to Surveillance and its Aim
7.2 Control Options for Hard Ticks
7.3 Control Possibilities for Soft Ticks
Appendix 1 Tables of Geographic Distribution Data for Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
Table A1.1. Geographic distribution data for African swine fever virus (ASFV)
Table A1.2. Geographic distribution data for Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV)
Table A1.3. Geographic distribution data for the tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) group
Table A1.4. Geographic distribution data for Anaplasma spp. and Ehrlichia spp. now included in Anaplasma spp.
Table A1.5. Geographic distribution data for Rickettsia spp.
Table A1.6. Geographic distribution data for Borrelia spp.
Table A1.7. Geographic distribution data for Babesia spp.
Table A1.8. Geographic distribution data for Theileria spp.
Table A1.9. Geographic distribution data for equine piroplasmoses
Table A1.10. Geographic distribution data for Bartonella spp.
Table A1.11. Geographic distribution data for Francisella tularensis
Table A1.12. Geographic distribution data for Coxiella burnetii
Table A1.13. Geographic distribution data for Ornithodoros spp.
Table A1.14. Geographic distribution data for Ixodes ricinus
Table A1.15. Geographic distribution data for Haemaphysalis punctata
Table A1.16. Geographic distribution data for Haemaphysalis concinna
Table A1.17. Geographic distribution data for Haemaphysalis inermis
Table A1.18. Geographic distribution data for Hyalomma marginatum
Table A1.19. Geographic distribution data for Rhipicephalus sanguineus group (Rh. sanguineus and Rh. turanicus)
Table A1.20. Geographic distribution data for Rhipicephalus bursa
Table A1.21. Geographic distribution data for Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus
Table A1.22. Geographic distribution data for Dermacentor marginatus
Table A1.23. Geographic distribution data for Dermacentor reticulatus
Table A1.24. Data from serological surveillance of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in domestic animals
Table A1.25. Geographic distribution data for Rickettsia spp.
Appendix 2 List (By ID Number) of References from which Geographic Data Were Extracted
Appendix 3 List of Scientific Papers That Could Not Be Retrieved
Appendix 4 Keys for Genera and Species of Ticks in the Mediterranean Basin