Tibovirus is a term often used to describe viruses that are transmitted by tick vectors. The word tibovirus is an acronym (TIck-BOrne virus). This falls within the superorder arthropod thus tibovirus is classified under Arthropod Borne virus (Arborvirus). For a person to acquire infection the tick must bite and feed for a sufficient period of time. The tiboviruses that affect humans are limited to within 3 families: Flaviviridae, Reoviridae, and Bunyaviridae.
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* Virus:
Tick-borne meningoencephalitis virus
* Disease: Tick-borne meningoencephalitis
* Vector: deer tick (Ixodes scapularis), Ixodes ricinus (Europe), Ixodes persulcatus (Russia + Asia))
* Region: Europe and Northern Asia
Reoviridae:
* Virus:
Colorado tick fever virus
* Disease: Colorado tick fever
* Vector: Dermacentor andersoni
* Region: US (West)
Bunyaviridae:
* Virus:
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus
* Disease: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever
* Vector: Hyalomma marginatum, Rhipicephalus bursa
* Region: Southern part of Asia, Northern Africa, Southern Europe
* Virus:
Heartland virus
''Heartland bandavirus'', sometimes called Heartland virus (HRTV), is a tick-borne ''phlebovirus'' of the ''Bhanja virus'' serocomplex discovered in 2009. The lone star tick transmits the virus to people when feeding on blood. As of 2017, only fi ...
* Disease: Severe Febrile Illness
* Vector: Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum)
* Region: Missouri and Tennessee, United States
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