Tick-transmitted viruses and climate change.

ESTRADA-PEŇA, Agostín, Zdeněk HUBÁLEK and Ivo RUDOLF. Tick-transmitted viruses and climate change. In S.K. Singh. Viral Infections and Global Change. Hoboken, New Jersey, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 2014, p. 573-602. n/a. ISBN 978-1-118-29787-2.

Basic information

• Original name: Tick-transmitted viruses and climate change.
• Name in Czech: Klíšťaty přenášené viry a změna klimatu
• Authors: ESTRADA-PEŇA, Agostín (724 Spain, guarantor), Zdeněk HUBÁLEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Ivo RUDOLF (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, Viral Infections and Global Change, p. 573-602, 30 pp. n/a, 2014.
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Chapter(s) of a specialized book
• Field of Study: 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
• Country of publisher: United States of America
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: printed version "print"
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/14:00075477
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• ISBN: 978-1-118-29787-2
• Keywords in English: ixodid ticks;argasid ticks;tick-borne encephalitis;louping ill;Powassan;Omsk hemorrhagic fever;Kyasanur Forest;Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever;Henan;Bhanja;Keterah;Colorado tick fever;Kemerovo;Tribec;Thogoto;Dhori
• Tags: AKR, rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Tick-borne viruses of the families Flaviviridae, Bunyaviridae, Reoviridae and Orthomyxoviridae are dealt with with in this chapter. Talking in general terms, we are note yet able to evaluate the fine effects of climate trends on the epidemiology of the most prominent tick-borne viruses. We should keep in mind that the these changes do not affect only the dynamics of tick vectors, but also the abundance of hosts for immature stages of the tick, or their migratory timings in the case of birds (which may be hosts for the immatures of the ticks) or even how climate may affect the densities of hosts in natural conditions. While available models might greatly contribute to understand the behaviour of the ticks under variable climate conditions, we need yet to build upon those models to reach the necessary level of complexity. Local processes are not captured yet by these models, adding "noise" to the general background picture of the fine scale distribution of a tick, their vectors and the pathogens it transmit. There is an implicit need of further research at both local and regional scales.