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Bacterial tick-associated infections in Australia: current studies and future directions

Authors :
Charlotte L. Oskam
Peter J. Irwin
Siobhon L. Egan
Telleasha L. Greay
Source :
Microbiology Australia. 39:200
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
CSIRO Publishing, 2018.

Abstract

It may seem perplexing that there is any uncertainty in Australia about the existence of zoonotic tick-associated infections1–3. Outside this country, particularly in the northern hemisphere, tick-borne diseases such as human granulocytic anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Boutonneuse fever, ehrlichiosis, Lyme borreliosis, and tick-borne encephalitis, have well documented aetiologies, epidemiology, diagnostic methods, and treatments. Why is Australia different and what research is being conducted to address this issue? This article briefly addresses these questions and explains how high-throughput metagenomic analysis has started to shed light on bacterial microbiomes in Australian ticks, providing new data on the presence and distribution of potentially zoonotic microbial taxa.

Details

ISSN :
13244272
Volume :
39
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Microbiology Australia
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........9bb3f30b779466c18cc4f94aa4114dfe
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1071/ma18063