Tick-borne viruses and their risk to public health in the Caribbean: Spotlight on bats as reservoirs in Cuba
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....
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| author | Maritza Pupo Antúnez José Carlos Marín Montesinos Alexandra Corduneanu Dasiel Obregón Sara Moutailler Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b392871e932b488eb5b4034e294d7c132024-03-09T09:27:16ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402024-02-01104e26118Tick-borne viruses and their risk to public health in the Caribbean: Spotlight on bats as reservoirs in CubaMaritza Pupo Antúnez0José Carlos Marín Montesinos1Alexandra Corduneanu2Dasiel Obregón3Sara Moutailler4Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz5Laboratorio de Virología. Departamento de Microbiología y Virología. Facultad de Biología, Universidad de la Habana, C.P. 10400, Plaza de la Revolución, Cuba; Corresponding author.Laboratorio de Virología. Departamento de Microbiología y Virología. Facultad de Biología, Universidad de la Habana, C.P. 10400, Plaza de la Revolución, CubaDepartment of Animal Breeding and Animal Production, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Department of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca-Napoca, RomaniaSchool of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, CanadaAnses, INRAE, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, UMR BIPAR, Laboratoire de Santé Animale, Maisons-Alfort, F-94700, FranceAnses, INRAE, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, UMR BIPAR, Laboratoire de Santé Animale, Maisons-Alfort, F-94700, France; Corresponding author.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.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024021492Ticks-borne virusEctoparasitesReservoirsBats |
| spellingShingle | Maritza Pupo Antúnez José Carlos Marín Montesinos Alexandra Corduneanu Dasiel Obregón Sara Moutailler Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz Tick-borne viruses and their risk to public health in the Caribbean: Spotlight on bats as reservoirs in Cuba Heliyon Ticks-borne virus Ectoparasites Reservoirs Bats |
| title | Tick-borne viruses and their risk to public health in the Caribbean: Spotlight on bats as reservoirs in Cuba |
| title_full | Tick-borne viruses and their risk to public health in the Caribbean: Spotlight on bats as reservoirs in Cuba |
| title_fullStr | Tick-borne viruses and their risk to public health in the Caribbean: Spotlight on bats as reservoirs in Cuba |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tick-borne viruses and their risk to public health in the Caribbean: Spotlight on bats as reservoirs in Cuba |
| title_short | Tick-borne viruses and their risk to public health in the Caribbean: Spotlight on bats as reservoirs in Cuba |
| title_sort | tick borne viruses and their risk to public health in the caribbean spotlight on bats as reservoirs in cuba |
| topic | Ticks-borne virus Ectoparasites Reservoirs Bats |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024021492 |
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