[The changing epidemiology of tick-borne encephalitis: epidemic surveillance and disease prevention challenges].

The increasing number of cases of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) reported in recent years in Europe and, more recently, in Poland is a consequence of factors related to climate and environmental change leading to increasing tick populations and human behavior favoring exposure. In Poland, there is considerable regional variation in the incidence of TBE, resulting, among other factors, from underreporting of all cases and limited access to laboratory diagnostics. The consequence is low public awareness of the disease and insufficient use of vaccination as optimal prevention.

[Lyme's disease. A critical analysis of its presence in Argentina].

Introduction: Lyme disease (LD) is caused by bacteria of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex and transmitted by the bite of ticks of the Ixodes ricinus complex. To date, no autochthonous cases have been reported in Argentina. Its diagnosis involves serological tests included in a two-step algorithm.

Lyme disease in Poland in 2022.

Introduction: In Poland, Lyme disease has been subject to mandatory reporting and registration since 1996, and following EU law, cases of neuroborreliosis have been reported to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) since 2019. Lyme disease is transmitted by ticks of the Ixodes genus, and humans become infected through the bite of an infected tick. Due to the varied symptoms, diagnosis can be difficult and usually involves two-stage serological diagnostics.

From invasion to outbreak: tick introductions and disease.

Introductions of tick disease vectors are inevitable in our changing world. While recent attention to tick invasions has increased following prominent invasion events worldwide, our understanding of how tick community ecology drives infection dynamics is lacking. Interactions between invasive and resident ticks can have profound impacts on human diseases.

Operational lessons learned from simulating an elimination response to a transboundary animal disease in wild animals.

Transboundary animal disease (TAD) introductions can have myriad economic, ecological, and societal impacts. When TADs are introduced into wild species, rapid and intense control efforts to reduce wild animal host populations are sometimes needed to eliminate the disease and prevent endemicity and spillover to domestic animal populations. Yet, such intensive efforts are non-trivial, and the rarity of TAD introductions means that personnel rarely have direct experience with these types of operations.

Distribution of vectors and arboviruses, and healthcare workers' knowledge of vector-borne diseases in Armenia.

Introduction: Armenia's favorable geographical and climatic conditions support mosquitoes, sandflies, and ticks that can transmit various diseases. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of these vectors and circulating arboviruses in Armenia and assess healthcare workers` knowledge of arboviral diseases.

Methodology: In 2021, we conducted fieldwork, combining morphological identification of vectors with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of pathogens to map the distribution of potential arbovirus vectors across Armenia.

Hyalomma marginatum - A silent stowaway after vacation at the Adriatic Sea.

Hyalomma marginatum is an invasive tick species capable of transmitting pathogens that cause severe diseases such as Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. In Austria, H. marginatum occurs sporadically, and migratory birds are believed to bring H.

Comparing efficiencies of population control methods for responding to introductions of transboundary animal diseases in wild pigs.

Introductions of transboundary animal diseases (TADs) into free-ranging wildlife can be difficult to control and devastating for domestic livestock trade. Combating a new TAD introduction in wildlife with an emergency response requires quickly limiting spread of the disease by intensely removing wild animals within a contiguous area. In the case of African swine fever virus (ASFv) in wild pigs (Sus scrofa), which has been spreading in many regions of the world, there is little information on the time- and cost-efficiency of methods for intensively and consistently culling wild pigs and recovering carcasses in an emergency response scenario.

Molecular analysis of and in adult soft ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae) isolated from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.

Introduction: Ticks are obligate blood-feeding arthropods that cause significant economic losses in domestic animal husbandry and threaten public health. However, information about soft ticks (Acari: Argasidae) and tick-borne pathogens in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China is scarce.

Material And Methods: In this study, PCR assays and gene sequencing were used to detect and analyse the epidemiological features of , and parasitic infections in 366 soft ticks collected from five sampling sites in the XUAR from October 2019 to March 2022.

Procalcitonin levels in severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome patients: a retrospective investigation in Anhui, China.

Introduction: This work aim to evaluate the association of procalcitonin (PCT) levels with disease severity and prognosis in severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) patients.

Methodology: The medical records of 158 confirmed SFTS patients at two hospitals were reviewed. The patients were divided into survival group and nonsurvival group according to outcomes.