IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 7980: Rapid Discovery and Detection of Haemaphysalis longicornis through the Use of Passive Surveillance and Collaboration: Building a State Tick-Surveillance Network

IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 7980: Rapid Discovery and Detection of Haemaphysalis longicornis through the Use of Passive Surveillance and Collaboration: Building a State Tick-Surveillance Network International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph18157980 Authors: Rebecca T. Trout Fryxell Dené N. Vann Rebecca A. Butler Dave J. Paulsen Jennifer G. Chandler Micah P. Willis Heidi M. Wyrosdick John J. Schaefer Richard W. Gerhold Daniel M. Grove Jennie Z. Ivey Kevin W. Thompson Roger D. Applegate Joy Sweaney Sterling Daniels Samantha Beaty Douglas Balthaser James D. Freye James W. Mertins Denise L. Bonilla Kevin Lahmers Between March 2019 and February 2020, Asian long-horned ticks (Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, 1901) were discovered and collected for the first time in one middle and seven eastern Tennessee counties, facilitated by a newly developed passive and collaborative tick-surveillance network. Network collaborators included federal, state, county, university, and private resource personnel working with companion animals, livestock, and wildlife. Specimens were collected primarily from dogs and cattle, with initial detections of female adult stage ticks by stakeholders associated with parasitology positions (e.g., entomologists and veterinary parasitologists). Initial county tick detections were confirmed with morphological and molecular identifications, and then screened for the presence of an...
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