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Tick-borne infectious disease

MedGen UID:
56488
•Concept ID:
C0162700
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Borne Disease, Tick; Borne Diseases, Tick; Disease, Tick Borne; Disease, Tick-Borne; Diseases, Tick Borne; Diseases, Tick-Borne; Tick Borne Disease; Tick Borne Diseases; Tick-Borne Disease; Tick-Borne Diseases
SNOMED CT: Disease transmitted by tick (414018003); Tick-borne disease (414018003); Tick-borne infectious disease (414018003)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0025294

Definition

Bacterial, viral, or parasitic diseases transmitted to humans and animals by the bite of infected ticks. The families Ixodidae and Argasidae contain many bloodsucking species that are important pests of man and domestic birds and mammals and probably exceed all other arthropods in the number and variety of disease agents they transmit. Many of the tick-borne diseases are zoonotic. [from MONDO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment in neurology - Lyme neuroborreliosis.
Rauer S, Kastenbauer S, Hofmann H, Fingerle V, Huppertz HI, Hunfeld KP, Krause A, Ruf B, Dersch R; Consensus group
Ger Med Sci 2020;18:Doc03. Epub 2020 Feb 27 doi: 10.3205/000279. PMID: 32341686Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Two Different Strains of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus (SFTSV) in North and South Osaka by Phylogenetic Analysis of Evolutionary Lineage: Evidence for Independent SFTSV Transmission.
Ikemori R, Aoyama I, Sasaki T, Takabayashi H, Morisada K, Kinoshita M, Ikuta K, Yumisashi T, Motomura K
Viruses 2021 Jan 25;13(2) doi: 10.3390/v13020177. PMID: 33504090Free PMC Article
Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment in neurology - Lyme neuroborreliosis.
Rauer S, Kastenbauer S, Hofmann H, Fingerle V, Huppertz HI, Hunfeld KP, Krause A, Ruf B, Dersch R; Consensus group
Ger Med Sci 2020;18:Doc03. Epub 2020 Feb 27 doi: 10.3205/000279. PMID: 32341686Free PMC Article
Calcium channel blockers reduce severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) related fatality.
Li H, Zhang LK, Li SF, Zhang SF, Wan WW, Zhang YL, Xin QL, Dai K, Hu YY, Wang ZB, Zhu XT, Fang YJ, Cui N, Zhang PH, Yuan C, Lu QB, Bai JY, Deng F, Xiao GF, Liu W, Peng K
Cell Res 2019 Sep;29(9):739-753. Epub 2019 Aug 23 doi: 10.1038/s41422-019-0214-z. PMID: 31444469Free PMC Article
Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Complicated with Pseudomembranous Aspergillus Tracheobronchitis in a Patient without Apparent Risk Factors for Invasive Aspergillosis.
Sakaguchi K, Koga Y, Yagi T, Nakahara T, Todani M, Fujita M, Tsuruta R
Intern Med 2019 Dec 15;58(24):3589-3592. Epub 2019 Jul 31 doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.3257-19. PMID: 31366803Free PMC Article
Case control study: Serological evidence that Borrelia miyamotoi disease occurs nationwide in Japan.
Sato K, Sakakibara K, Masuzawa T, Ohnishi M, Kawabata H
J Infect Chemother 2018 Oct;24(10):828-833. Epub 2018 Jul 26 doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2018.06.017. PMID: 30057339

Diagnosis

Human babesiosis.
Lukavská A, Kybicová K
Epidemiol Mikrobiol Imunol 2023 Fall;72(3):184-190. PMID: 37871992
A typical babesiosis in an immunocompetent patient.
Voisin O, Monpierre L, Le Lorc'h E, Pilmis B, Le Monnier A, Mourad JJ, Senghor Y, Mizrahi A
Ann Biol Clin (Paris) 2021 Oct 1;79(5):456-459. doi: 10.1684/abc.2021.1675. PMID: 34782311
Tularemia: a re-emerging tick-borne infectious disease.
Yeni DK, Büyük F, Ashraf A, Shah MSUD
Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2021 Feb;66(1):1-14. Epub 2020 Sep 28 doi: 10.1007/s12223-020-00827-z. PMID: 32989563Free PMC Article
Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment in neurology - Lyme neuroborreliosis.
Rauer S, Kastenbauer S, Hofmann H, Fingerle V, Huppertz HI, Hunfeld KP, Krause A, Ruf B, Dersch R; Consensus group
Ger Med Sci 2020;18:Doc03. Epub 2020 Feb 27 doi: 10.3205/000279. PMID: 32341686Free PMC Article
Case control study: Serological evidence that Borrelia miyamotoi disease occurs nationwide in Japan.
Sato K, Sakakibara K, Masuzawa T, Ohnishi M, Kawabata H
J Infect Chemother 2018 Oct;24(10):828-833. Epub 2018 Jul 26 doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2018.06.017. PMID: 30057339

Therapy

A typical babesiosis in an immunocompetent patient.
Voisin O, Monpierre L, Le Lorc'h E, Pilmis B, Le Monnier A, Mourad JJ, Senghor Y, Mizrahi A
Ann Biol Clin (Paris) 2021 Oct 1;79(5):456-459. doi: 10.1684/abc.2021.1675. PMID: 34782311
Tularemia: a re-emerging tick-borne infectious disease.
Yeni DK, Büyük F, Ashraf A, Shah MSUD
Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2021 Feb;66(1):1-14. Epub 2020 Sep 28 doi: 10.1007/s12223-020-00827-z. PMID: 32989563Free PMC Article
Calcium channel blockers reduce severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) related fatality.
Li H, Zhang LK, Li SF, Zhang SF, Wan WW, Zhang YL, Xin QL, Dai K, Hu YY, Wang ZB, Zhu XT, Fang YJ, Cui N, Zhang PH, Yuan C, Lu QB, Bai JY, Deng F, Xiao GF, Liu W, Peng K
Cell Res 2019 Sep;29(9):739-753. Epub 2019 Aug 23 doi: 10.1038/s41422-019-0214-z. PMID: 31444469Free PMC Article
Lyme disease--current state of knowledge.
Nau R, Christen HJ, Eiffert H
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2009 Jan;106(5):72-81; quiz 82, I. Epub 2009 Jan 30 doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2009.0072. PMID: 19562015Free PMC Article
Successful treatment of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in children using rifampin.
Krause PJ, Corrow CL, Bakken JS
Pediatrics 2003 Sep;112(3 Pt 1):e252-3. doi: 10.1542/peds.112.3.e252. PMID: 12949322

Prognosis

Human babesiosis.
Lukavská A, Kybicová K
Epidemiol Mikrobiol Imunol 2023 Fall;72(3):184-190. PMID: 37871992
Fatal patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in China.
Zhao J, Ge HH, Wang G, Lin L, Yuan Y, Xu YL, Liu YN, Lu QB, Zhang XA, Cui N, Yuan C, Li JX, Lin L, Li H, Liu W
Int J Infect Dis 2022 Dec;125:10-16. Epub 2022 Oct 12 doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.10.008. PMID: 36241165
Lyme Borreliosis and Associations With Mental Disorders and Suicidal Behavior: A Nationwide Danish Cohort Study.
Fallon BA, Madsen T, Erlangsen A, Benros ME
Am J Psychiatry 2021 Oct 1;178(10):921-931. Epub 2021 Jul 28 doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.20091347. PMID: 34315282
Hosts mobility and spatial spread of Rickettsia rickettsii.
Polo G, Mera Acosta C, Labruna MB, Ferreira F, Brockmann D
PLoS Comput Biol 2018 Dec;14(12):e1006636. Epub 2018 Dec 26 doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006636. PMID: 30586381Free PMC Article
Successful treatment of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in children using rifampin.
Krause PJ, Corrow CL, Bakken JS
Pediatrics 2003 Sep;112(3 Pt 1):e252-3. doi: 10.1542/peds.112.3.e252. PMID: 12949322

Clinical prediction guides

Cellular and transcriptome signatures unveiled by single-cell RNA-Seq following ex vivo infection of murine splenocytes with Borrelia burgdorferi.
Kumaresan V, Ingle TM, Kilgore N, Zhang G, Hermann BP, Seshu J
Front Immunol 2023;14:1296580. Epub 2023 Dec 8 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1296580. PMID: 38149246Free PMC Article
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus induces platelet activation and apoptosis via a reactive oxygen species-dependent pathway.
Li YH, Wang XH, Huang WW, Tian RR, Pang W, Zheng YT
Redox Biol 2023 Sep;65:102837. Epub 2023 Aug 1 doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2023.102837. PMID: 37544244Free PMC Article
Residual and Late Onset Symptoms Appeared in a Patient with Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia in a Convalescence Stage.
Kanda K, Kinoshita N, Kutsuna S, Nakamura K, Okuhama A, Shimomura A, Inagaki T, Yoshikawa T, Kurosu T, Shimojima M, Saijo M, Ohmagari N
Viruses 2021 Apr 10;13(4) doi: 10.3390/v13040657. PMID: 33920248Free PMC Article
Hosts mobility and spatial spread of Rickettsia rickettsii.
Polo G, Mera Acosta C, Labruna MB, Ferreira F, Brockmann D
PLoS Comput Biol 2018 Dec;14(12):e1006636. Epub 2018 Dec 26 doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006636. PMID: 30586381Free PMC Article
Case control study: Serological evidence that Borrelia miyamotoi disease occurs nationwide in Japan.
Sato K, Sakakibara K, Masuzawa T, Ohnishi M, Kawabata H
J Infect Chemother 2018 Oct;24(10):828-833. Epub 2018 Jul 26 doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2018.06.017. PMID: 30057339

Recent systematic reviews

Clinical laboratory parameters and fatality of Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Wang Y, Song Z, Wei X, Yuan H, Xu X, Liang H, Wen H
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2022 Jun;16(6):e0010489. Epub 2022 Jun 17 doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010489. PMID: 35714138Free PMC Article

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