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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Accelerating Progress on Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in Southeast Asia: Regional Challenges, Evidence Gaps, and Priorities (2023-2025).

Benoit Malleret, Mackenzie L Kwak, Jean-Marc Chavatte

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Benoit MalleretImmunology Translational Research Programme, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117545, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0001-9658-7528
Mackenzie L KwakLaboratory of Parasitology, Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Hokkaido, Japan.
Jean-Marc ChavatteNational Public Health Laboratory, Communicable Diseases Agency, Singapore 308442, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-0003-541X

Funding

Ministry of Education NUHSRO/2025/017/T1/Seed-Sep24/Adhoc/01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Southeast Asia (SEA) faces persistent gaps in regional understanding and control of ticks and tick-borne diseases (TBDs) despite recent advances (2023-2025). The second international symposium on ticks and TBDs in SEA (Singapore, August 2025), following the inaugural 2023 meeting in Cambodia, served as a catalyst for regional exchange that informed this perspective. SEA's ecological and host diversity supports complex tick-host-pathogen networks, yet evidence remains fragmented due to uneven sampling that has largely focused on livestock and peri-urban environments. Key constraints include limited taxonomic resolution driven by outdated or incomplete identification keys, under-sampling of soft ticks (Argasidae), and the absence of harmonized, open-access regional reference resources (including DNA barcodes and MALDI-TOF MS spectral databases). While MALDI-TOF MS, proteomics, AI-assisted identification, and next-generation sequencing/metagenomics are increasingly applied, their broader regional uptake is limited by the absence of harmonized, open-access reference resources (including DNA barcodes and MALDI-TOF MS spectral databases). Broad ecological surveys and integrated animal and human surveillance remain limited, and vector competence studies are constrained by the scarcity of SEA-derived tick colonies and cell lines. Regional data and recent findings (2024-2026) confirm circulation of multiple TBPs (including

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Tick-Borne DiseasesTicksAnimalsAsia, SoutheasternCongresses as TopicEvidence GapsHumansSoutheast Asiaticktick-borne diseaseszoonoses

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