Table 1 The information of major tick-borne diseases reported in China

Zoonotic bacterial diseases

Lyme borreliosis

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato

Anhui, Beijing, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Tianjin, Tibet, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang

29

[5–8]

Q-fever

Rickettsia burneti (Coxiella burnetii)

Anhui, Beijing, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shandong, Shaanxi, Taiwan Outbreak in Inner Mongonlia, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Tibet

24

[7, 9–11]

tularemia

Francisella tularensis

Beijing, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Shandong, Tibet, Xinjiang,

7

[10, 12, 13]

North-Asia tick-borne spotted fever

Rickettsia sibirica, Rickettsia conorii, Rickettsia akari

Beijing, Guangdong, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang

7

[7, 10]

Oriental spotted fever

Richettsia japonica

Hainan

1

[14]

Zoonotic viral diseases

Tick-borne encephalitis (Forest Encephalitis)

tick-borne encephalitis virus

Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hebei, Greater Khingan Range, Changbai Mountains, the Altai Mountains, Tianshan Mountain

9

[7, 9, 15–18]

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (Xinjiang hemorrhagic fever)

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus

Cases reported from Xinjiang and Junggar; serological evidence shown in Qinghai, Yunnan, Sichuan, Inner Mongolia, Anhui, Hainan and northeast Yili

7

[7, 9, 16]

Colorado fever

Colorado virus

Cases reported in Beijing, Yunnan, Gansu, Hainan, Xinjiang

5

[7]

Emerging diseases

Novel Bunyavirus infection

Novel Bunyavirus

Jiangsu, Hubei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Guangxi, Jiangxi , Shannxi

11

[19, 20]

Human monocytic ehrlichiosis

Ehrlichia. canis Ehrlichia chaffeeusis

Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang

7

[21–23]

Human granulocytic anaplasmosis

Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Anhui, Tianjin, Shandong, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang,, Hainan

7

[21, 23, 24]

livestock parasitic diseases

Piroplasmosis

Theileria luwenshuni Theileria uilenbergi Theileria sinense Babesia motasi

Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Sichuan, Yunnan

5

[25]

Spirochetosis

Tick-borne relapsing fever

Borrelia persica

Beijing, Guangdong, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang

7

[7, 9]