Biosurveillance in Central Asia: Successes and Challenges of Tick-Borne Disease Research in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
| Autor: | Asankadyr Zhunushov, Debanjana Dasgupta, Timur Ayazbayev, Kenneth B. Yeh, Allen L. Richards, Alexei Andryushchenko, John Hay, Roger Hewson, Talgat Nurmakhanov, Pavel Deryabin, Zhanna Shapieva, Christina M. Farris, Gulnara Omasheva |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
biosurveillance Economic growth tick-borne diseases Mini Review TBE virus 030106 microbiology Central asia 03 medical and health sciences Quality research Coxiella Environmental protection Medicine Rickettsia Kyrgyzstan Tick-borne disease business.industry lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:RA1-1270 medicine.disease Kazakhstan 030104 developmental biology Infectious disease (medical specialty) Biological warfare Geographic regions Public Health Soviet union business Biosurveillance |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 4 (2016) Frontiers in Public Health |
| ISSN: | 2296-2565 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00004 |
| Popis: | Central Asia is a vast geographic region that includes five former Soviet Union republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The region has a unique infectious disease burden, and a history that includes Silk Road trade routes and networks that were part of the anti-plague and biowarfare programs in the former Soviet Union. Post-Soviet Union biosurveillance research in this unique area of the world has met with several challenges, including lack of funding and resources to independently conduct hypothesis driven, peer-review quality research. Strides have been made, however, to increase scientific engagement and capability. Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan are examples of countries where biosurveillance research has been successfully conducted, particularly with respect to especially dangerous pathogens. In this review, we describe in detail the successes, challenges, and opportunities of conducting biosurveillance in Central Asia as exemplified by our recent research activities on ticks and tick-borne diseases in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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