At least 38 viral species are transmitted by ticks. Virus-tick-vertebrate host relationships are highly specific and less than 10\% of all tick species (Argasidae and Ixodidae) are known to play a role as vectors of arboviruses. However, a few tick species transmit several (e.g. Ixodes ricinus, Amblyomma variegatum) or many (I. uriae) tick-borne viruses. Tick-borne viruses are found in six different virus families (Asfarviridae, Reoviridae, Rhabdoviridae, Orthomyxoviridae, Bunyaviridae, Flaviviridae) and at least 9 genera. Some as yet unassigned tick-borne viruses may belong to a seventh family, the Arenaviridae. With only one exception (African swine fever virus, family Asfarviridae) all tick-borne viruses (as well as all other arboviruses) are RNA viruses. Tick-borne viruses are found in all the RNA virus families in which insect-borne members are found, with the exception of the family Togaviridae. Some tick-borne viruses pose a significant threat to the health of humans (Tick-borne encephalitis virus, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus) or livestock (African swine fever virus, Nairobi sheep disease virus). Key challenges are to determine the molecular adaptations that allow tick-borne viruses to infect and replicate in both tick and vertebrate cells, and to identify the principal ecological determinants of tick-borne virus survival.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Labuda2004
%A Labuda, M.
%A Nuttall, P. A.
%D 2004
%J Parasitology
%K ArachnidVectors Animals AfricanSwineFever Tick-BorneDiseases Humans Arboviruses Host-ParasiteInteractions transmission/virology AfricanSwineFeverVirus RNAVirusInfections ArbovirusInfections RNAViruses physiology Ticks virology
%P S221--S245
%T Tick-borne viruses.
%V 129 Suppl
%X At least 38 viral species are transmitted by ticks. Virus-tick-vertebrate host relationships are highly specific and less than 10\% of all tick species (Argasidae and Ixodidae) are known to play a role as vectors of arboviruses. However, a few tick species transmit several (e.g. Ixodes ricinus, Amblyomma variegatum) or many (I. uriae) tick-borne viruses. Tick-borne viruses are found in six different virus families (Asfarviridae, Reoviridae, Rhabdoviridae, Orthomyxoviridae, Bunyaviridae, Flaviviridae) and at least 9 genera. Some as yet unassigned tick-borne viruses may belong to a seventh family, the Arenaviridae. With only one exception (African swine fever virus, family Asfarviridae) all tick-borne viruses (as well as all other arboviruses) are RNA viruses. Tick-borne viruses are found in all the RNA virus families in which insect-borne members are found, with the exception of the family Togaviridae. Some tick-borne viruses pose a significant threat to the health of humans (Tick-borne encephalitis virus, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus) or livestock (African swine fever virus, Nairobi sheep disease virus). Key challenges are to determine the molecular adaptations that allow tick-borne viruses to infect and replicate in both tick and vertebrate cells, and to identify the principal ecological determinants of tick-borne virus survival.
@article{Labuda2004,
abstract = {At least 38 viral species are transmitted by ticks. Virus-tick-vertebrate host relationships are highly specific and less than 10\% of all tick species (Argasidae and Ixodidae) are known to play a role as vectors of arboviruses. However, a few tick species transmit several (e.g. Ixodes ricinus, Amblyomma variegatum) or many (I. uriae) tick-borne viruses. Tick-borne viruses are found in six different virus families (Asfarviridae, Reoviridae, Rhabdoviridae, Orthomyxoviridae, Bunyaviridae, Flaviviridae) and at least 9 genera. Some as yet unassigned tick-borne viruses may belong to a seventh family, the Arenaviridae. With only one exception (African swine fever virus, family Asfarviridae) all tick-borne viruses (as well as all other arboviruses) are RNA viruses. Tick-borne viruses are found in all the RNA virus families in which insect-borne members are found, with the exception of the family Togaviridae. Some tick-borne viruses pose a significant threat to the health of humans (Tick-borne encephalitis virus, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus) or livestock (African swine fever virus, Nairobi sheep disease virus). Key challenges are to determine the molecular adaptations that allow tick-borne viruses to infect and replicate in both tick and vertebrate cells, and to identify the principal ecological determinants of tick-borne virus survival.},
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author = {Labuda, M. and Nuttall, P. A.},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2ababc8afcd1e86e01403bdb680510b7d/uvesco},
file = {:Labuda2004.pdf:PDF},
institution = {nces, Dubravska cesta 9, 845 06 Bratislava, Slovakia. Milan.Labuda@savba.sk},
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journal = {Parasitology},
keywords = {ArachnidVectors Animals AfricanSwineFever Tick-BorneDiseases Humans Arboviruses Host-ParasiteInteractions transmission/virology AfricanSwineFeverVirus RNAVirusInfections ArbovirusInfections RNAViruses physiology Ticks virology},
language = {eng},
medline-pst = {ppublish},
pages = {S221--S245},
pmid = {15938513},
timestamp = {2010-01-14T17:47:11.000+0100},
title = {Tick-borne viruses.},
volume = {129 Suppl},
year = 2004
}