2017
DOI: 10.1017/s0950268817000826
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The passive surveillance of ticks using companion animal electronic health records

Abstract: SUMMARYTicks represent a large global reservoir of zoonotic disease. Current surveillance systems can be time and labour intensive. We propose that the passive surveillance of companion animal electronic health records (EHRs) could provide a novel methodology for describing temporal and spatial tick activity. A total of 16 58 857 EHRs were collected over a 2-year period (31 March 2014 and 29 May 2016) from companion animals attending a large sentinel network of 192 veterinary clinics across Great Britain (the … Show more

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“…The seasonality observed here supports the known risk factors and epidemiology of Lyme disease. Tick populations in the UK have been shown to peak in June or July each year [2527]. One would therefore expect to see tick bite incidence and exposure to Lyme disease to peak similarly.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The seasonality observed here supports the known risk factors and epidemiology of Lyme disease. Tick populations in the UK have been shown to peak in June or July each year [2527]. One would therefore expect to see tick bite incidence and exposure to Lyme disease to peak similarly.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite the known range of tick-borne pathogens and concern over their impact on the welfare of livestock, there is very little quantitative information available about the prevalence of tick-borne disease in many areas of the UK. Previous systematic surveys in the UK have most usually been undertaken in the context of public health [ 20 , 21 ], companion animal health [ 22 24 ], game birds [ 25 ], or by measuring tick abundance in the environment [ 26 ], which is not necessarily a good proxy for tick attachment risk [ 27 ]. Those studies of tick prevalence on livestock in the UK that have been undertaken, have usually been focussed on localised geographical regions with little area-wide context [ 28 , 29 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The blacklegged tick ( Ixodes scapularis Say), lone star tick ( Amblyomma americanum L.) and American dog tick ( Dermacentor variabilis Say) are known to vector a variety of pathogens that cause illnesses in humans and animals [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ]. Reports of tick-borne disease have increased worldwide, and new diseases continue to emerge [ 3 , 4 , 5 ]. Lyme disease is the most common tick- borne illness in the USA [ 6 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%