TY - JOUR
T1 - Progress, challenges, and the role of public engagement to improve tick-borne disease literacy
AU - Sakamoto, Joyce M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Many thanks to Rebecca M Johnson, Dr Chen Heu for formatting and editing suggestions, to Drs Brittany Dodson and Donghun Kim for insightful discussion, and the anonymous reviewers for constructive suggestions. Funding support from NSF/BIO grant 1645331 .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2018/8
Y1 - 2018/8
N2 - Vector-borne diseases have increased worldwide, facilitated by globalization and variations in climate. Tick and tick-borne disease researchers, veterinarians, medical practitioners, and public health specialists are working to share their expertise on tick ecology, disease transmission, diagnostics, and treatment in order to control tick-borne epidemics and potential pandemics. This review will be a brief overview of the current status of tick-borne diseases, challenges on the scientific and public fronts, and the role of public engagement in improving citizen education within the context of ticks and tick-borne disease research.
AB - Vector-borne diseases have increased worldwide, facilitated by globalization and variations in climate. Tick and tick-borne disease researchers, veterinarians, medical practitioners, and public health specialists are working to share their expertise on tick ecology, disease transmission, diagnostics, and treatment in order to control tick-borne epidemics and potential pandemics. This review will be a brief overview of the current status of tick-borne diseases, challenges on the scientific and public fronts, and the role of public engagement in improving citizen education within the context of ticks and tick-borne disease research.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cois.2018.05.011
DO - 10.1016/j.cois.2018.05.011
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30551772
AN - SCOPUS:85048729234
SN - 2214-5745
VL - 28
SP - 81
EP - 89
JO - Current Opinion in Insect Science
JF - Current Opinion in Insect Science
ER -
