Tibovirus
Tibovirus is a term often used to describe viruses that are transmitted by tick vectors. The word tibovirus is an acronym. This falls within the superorder arthropod thus tibovirus is classified under Arthropod Borne virus. For a person to acquire an infection, the tick must bite and feed for a sufficient period. The tiboviruses that affect humans are limited to within 3 families: Flaviviridae, Reoviridae, and Bunyaviridae.
Taxonomy
[Flaviviridae]
Tick-borne meningoencephalitis virus">tick-borne encephalitis">Tick-borne meningoencephalitis virus
- Disease: Tick-borne meningoencephalitis
- Vector: deer tick, Ixodes ricinus, Ixodes persulcatus )
- Region: Europe and Northern Asia
[Reoviridae]
[Colorado tick fever] virus
- Disease: Colorado tick fever
- Vector: Dermacentor andersoni
- Region: US
[Bunyaviridae]
[Crimean-Congo [hemorrhagic fever]] virus
- Disease: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
- Vector: Hyalomma marginatum, Rhipicephalus bursa
- Region: Southern part of Asia, Northern Africa, Southern Europe
[Heartland virus]
- Disease: Severe Febrile Illness
- Vector: Lone Star Tick
- Region: Missouri and Tennessee, United States