Medical Entomology and Zoology
Online ISSN : 2185-5609
Print ISSN : 0424-7086
ISSN-L : 0424-7086
Review
Tick-borne viral infectious diseases
Ikuo TAKASHIMA
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2013 Volume 64 Issue 2 Pages 61-66

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Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) have been known as tick-borne viral infectious diseases. Recently, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) emerged as a new tick-borne viral infectious disease. TBE is prevalent in Russia and many European countries. CCHF is prevalent in Russia, Central Asia, Europe and Africa. SFTS is now prevalent in China and Japan. This article reviews Tick-borne encephalitis and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in detail and describe present situation of SFTS.
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