TY - JOUR
T1 - Biosurveillance in Central Asia
T2 - Successes and Challenges of Tick-Borne Disease Research in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
AU - Hay, John
AU - Yeh, Kenneth B.
AU - Dasgupta, Debanjana
AU - Shapieva, Zhanna
AU - Omasheva, Gulnara
AU - Deryabin, Pavel
AU - Nurmakhanov, Talgat
AU - Ayazbayev, Timur
AU - Andryushchenko, Alexei
AU - Zhunushov, Asankadyr
AU - Hewson, Roger
AU - Farris, Christina M.
AU - Richards, Allen L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
2016, At least a portion of this work is authored by Allen L. Richards and Christina M. Farris on behalf of the U.S. Government and, as regards Dr. Richards, Dr. Farris and the US government, are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. Foreign and other copyrights may apply.
PY - 2016/2/1
Y1 - 2016/2/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Coxiella
KW - Kazakhstan
KW - Kyrgyzstan
KW - Rickettsia
KW - TBE virus
KW - biosurveillance
KW - tick-borne diseases
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85065230907
U2 - 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00004
DO - 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00004
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85065230907
SN - 2296-2565
VL - 4
JO - Frontiers in Public Health
JF - Frontiers in Public Health
M1 - 4
ER -