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DOI

10.15585/mmwr.mm6747a3

Journal Title

MMWR.Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

First Page

1310

Last Page

1313

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-1-2018

Department

Medicine

Abstract

Haemaphysalis longicornis is a tick indigenous to eastern Asia and an important vector of human and animal disease agents, resulting in such outcomes as human hemorrhagic fever and reduction of production in dairy cattle by 25%. H. longicornis was discovered on a sheep in New Jersey in August 2017 (1). This was the first detection in the United States outside of quarantine. In the spring of 2018, the tick was again detected at the index site, and later, in other counties in New Jersey, in seven other states in the eastern United States, and in Arkansas. The hosts included six species of domestic animals, six species of wildlife, and humans. To forestall adverse consequences in humans, pets, livestock, and wildlife, several critical actions are indicated, including expanded surveillance to determine the evolving distribution of H. longicornis, detection of pathogens that H. longicornis currently harbors, determination of the capacity of H. longicornis to serve as a vector for a range of potential pathogens, and evaluation of effective agents and methods for the control of H. longicornis.

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Publisher's Statement

Originally published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 67(47), 1310-1313. The original material can be found here.

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