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TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES
卷 8, 期 4, 页码 640-645出版社
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2017.04.010
关键词
Africa; Ghana; Dugbe virus; Nairovirus; Phlebovirus; Surveillance; Tick
资金
- JGRID (Japan Initiative for Global Research Network on Infectious Diseases)
- Research Program on Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases from Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, AMED
- JSPS KAKENHI [JP16J09470]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [16J09470] Funding Source: KAKEN
Ticks are ectoparasites that transmit various types of human and animal pathogens. In particular, emerging and re-emerging diseases caused by tick-borne viruses are public health concerns around the world. However, in many countries of the sub-Saharan African region, epidemiological information on tick-borne viral infections is limited, and their prevalence and distribution remain largely unknown. In this study, we conducted surveillance on ticks to detect medically important tick-borne bunyaviruses in three study sites in and near to Accra, the capital city of Ghana, in 2015. Domestic dogs and cattle were surveyed and were found to be infested with various tick species belonging to the genera Rhipicephalus, Amblyomma and Haemaphysalis. Importantly, we detected a novel putative phlebovirus in Rhipicephalus ticks, and successfully isolated a new strain of Dugbe virus from Am. variegatum ticks. To our knowledge, this is the first report of tick-associated viruses in Ghana other than Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus.
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