Mackenzie L. Kwak , Jean-Marc Chavatte , Chia-Da Hsu , Abigail Ng , Benjamin P Y-H Lee , Nazmi Bin Nazir , Nadia Faradilla Maharani Abas , Erica Qian Hui Lee , Ryo Nakao , Benoit Malleret
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Nation-wide surveillance of tick (Acari: Ixodidae) infestations of humans in Singapore
Ticks are an increasingly important threat to public health in Southeast Asia, due to the role of many tick species as parasites of humans and as vectors of zoonotic pathogens. Singapore is a densely populated Southeast Asian nation with a rich tick fauna and a significant mosaic of city and greenspace. However, apart from occasional case reports, the human-biting ticks in Singapore have received little attention from researchers. Based on an ongoing nationwide tick surveillance program beginning in 2018 and literature records (since 2002), we present data from 51 cases of tick infestation in humans in Singapore involving 128 individual ticks of 11 species. The genera Dermacentor, Haemaphysalis, Ixodes, and Amblyomma were all found to bite humans in Singapore. The most common species infesting humans in Singapore was Dermacentor auratus which was responsible for more than half of all infestations. The first records of Haemaphysalis papuana in Singapore are also presented, with 3 cases of human infestation by this tick species. Finally, we highlight the Singapore National Tick Reference Collection (SNTRC) as an invaluable resource for the identification and study of ticks in Singapore.
期刊介绍:
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases is an international, peer-reviewed scientific journal. It publishes original research papers, short communications, state-of-the-art mini-reviews, letters to the editor, clinical-case studies, announcements of pertinent international meetings, and editorials.
The journal covers a broad spectrum and brings together various disciplines, for example, zoology, microbiology, molecular biology, genetics, mathematical modelling, veterinary and human medicine. Multidisciplinary approaches and the use of conventional and novel methods/methodologies (in the field and in the laboratory) are crucial for deeper understanding of the natural processes and human behaviour/activities that result in human or animal diseases and in economic effects of ticks and tick-borne pathogens. Such understanding is essential for management of tick populations and tick-borne diseases in an effective and environmentally acceptable manner.