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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

One Health Approach to Tick and Tick-Borne Disease Surveillance in the United Kingdom.

Nicholas Johnson, Lawrence Paul Phipps, Kayleigh M Hansford, Arran J Folly, Anthony R Fooks, Jolyon M Medlock, Karen L Mansfield

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 70 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nicholas JohnsonVector-Borne Diseases, Virology Department, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Woodham Lane, Surrey KT15 3NB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6106-9373
Lawrence Paul PhippsVector-Borne Diseases, Virology Department, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Woodham Lane, Surrey KT15 3NB, UK.
Kayleigh M HansfordMedical Entomology and Zoonoses Ecology, UK Health Security Agency, Porton Down SP4 0JG, UK.
Arran J FollyVector-Borne Diseases, Virology Department, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Woodham Lane, Surrey KT15 3NB, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0106-2185
Anthony R FooksInternational Development Team, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Woodham Lane, Surrey KT15 3NB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3243-6154
Jolyon M MedlockMedical Entomology and Zoonoses Ecology, UK Health Security Agency, Porton Down SP4 0JG, UK.
Karen L MansfieldVector-Borne Diseases, Virology Department, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Woodham Lane, Surrey KT15 3NB, UK.
Animal and Plant Health Agency · GBUK Health Security Agency · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Where ticks are found, tick-borne diseases can present a threat to human and animal health. The aetiology of many of these important diseases, including Lyme disease, bovine babesiosis, tick-borne fever and louping ill, have been known for decades whilst others have only recently been documented in the United Kingdom (UK). Further threats such as the importation of exotic ticks through human activity or bird migration, combined with changes to either the habitat or climate could increase the risk of tick-borne disease persistence and transmission. Prevention of tick-borne diseases for the human population and animals (both livestock and companion) is dependent on a thorough understanding of where and when pathogen transmission occurs. This information can only be gained through surveillance that seeks to identify where tick populations are distributed, which pathogens are present within those populations, and the periods of the year when ticks are active. To achieve this, a variety of approaches can be applied to enhance knowledge utilising a diverse range of stakeholders (public health professionals and veterinarians through to citizen scientists). Without this information, the application of mitigation strategies to reduce pathogen transmission and impact is compromised and the ability to monitor the effects of climate change or landscape modification on the risk of tick-borne disease is more challenging. However, as with many public and animal health interventions, there needs to be a cost-benefit assessment on the most appropriate intervention applied. This review will assess the challenges of tick-borne diseases in the UK and argue for a cross-disciplinary approach to their surveillance and control.

Indexed as

Lyme DiseaseOne HealthTick-Borne DiseasesTicksAnimalsUnited Kingdomanimal healthcitizen sciencepathogenssurveillancetick

Identifiers

PMID35627370
PMCPMC9142090
OpenAlexW4280583344

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