Biosurveillance in Central Asia: Successes and Challenges of Tick-Borne Disease Research in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

John Hay; Kenneth B. Yeh; Debanjana Dasgupta; Zhanna Shapieva; Gulnara Omasheva; Pavel Deryabin; Talgat Nurmakhanov; Timur Ayazbayev; Alexei Andryushchenko; Asankadyr Zhunushov; Roger Hewson; Christina M. Farris; Allen L. Richards

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2016.00004

Biosurveillance in Central Asia: Successes and Challenges of Tick-Borne Disease Research in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

John Hay^*, Kenneth B. Yeh^*, Debanjana Dasgupta, Zhanna Shapieva, Gulnara Omasheva, Pavel Deryabin, Talgat Nurmakhanov, Timur Ayazbayev, Alexei Andryushchenko, Asankadyr Zhunushov, Roger Hewson, Christina M. Farris, Allen L. Richards

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Article number	4
Journal	Frontiers in Public Health
Volume	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2016.00004
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2016

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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.

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Coxiella
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Rickettsia
TBE virus
biosurveillance
tick-borne diseases

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Hay, J., Yeh, K. B., Dasgupta, D., Shapieva, Z., Omasheva, G., Deryabin, P., Nurmakhanov, T., Ayazbayev, T., Andryushchenko, A., Zhunushov, A., Hewson, R., Farris, C. M., & Richards, A. L. (2016). Biosurveillance in Central Asia: Successes and Challenges of Tick-Borne Disease Research in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Frontiers in Public Health, 4, Article 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2016.00004

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