Mapping ticks and tick-borne pathogens in China

Guo-Ping Zhao; Yi-Xing Wang; Zheng-Wei Fan; Yang Ji; Ming-jin Liu; Wen-Hui Zhang; Xin-Lou Li; Shi-Xia Zhou; Hao Li; Song Liang; Wei Liu; Yang Yang; Li-Qun Fang

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21375-1

Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Mapping ticks and tick-borne pathogens in China

Guo-Ping Zhao,
Yi-Xing Wang,
Zheng-Wei Fan,
Yang Ji,
Ming-jin Liu,
Wen-Hui Zhang,
Xin-Lou Li,
Shi-Xia Zhou,
Hao Li,
Song Liang,
Wei Liu,
Yang Yang,
Li-Qun Fang

Affiliations

Guo-Ping Zhao: State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology
Yi-Xing Wang: State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology
Zheng-Wei Fan: State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology
Yang Ji: State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology
Ming-jin Liu: College of Public Health and Health Professions and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida
Wen-Hui Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology
Xin-Lou Li: State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology
Shi-Xia Zhou: State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology
Hao Li: State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology
Song Liang: College of Public Health and Health Professions and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida
Wei Liu: State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology
Yang Yang: College of Public Health and Health Professions and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida
Li-Qun Fang: State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21375-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Ticks are an important vector of disease in China, posing threats to humans, livestock and wild animals. Here, Zhao et al. compile a database of the distributions of the 124 tick species known in China and 103 tick-borne pathogens and predict the additional suitable habitats for the predominant vector species.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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