蜱虫危害及其媒介效能

Research on ticks infestation and their vector capacity

蜱虫是一种能传播多种病原体的节肢动物,蜱虫叮咬人类或动物后,会将其体内的病原体传播给宿主,是一种仅次于蚊虫的重要病媒生物。媒介效能是评价蜱虫潜在传播疾病的重要指标,本文就蜱虫对人畜的危害,蜱虫面临的新挑战,蜱虫媒介效能及其影响因素研究现状作了基本综述。

A kind of arthropod named as tick can carry variety of pathogens, which will infect host while tick vector bite human and animal. Tick is an important vector just following mosquito. Vectorial capacity is regarded as an impor- tant indicator to assess potential disease transmission. In this article, ticks infestation on humans and animals, new challenges to combat tick, vectorial capacity for ticks and its influencing factors were reviewed.