Rapid Discovery and Detection of Haemaphysalis longicornis through the Use of Passive Surveillance and Collaboration: Building a State Tick-Surveillance Network

Autor: James D. Freye, Heidi M. Wyrosdick, John J. Schaefer, Rebecca A. Butler, Jennifer G. Chandler, K. W. Thompson, Daniel M. Grove, Sterling Daniels, Micah P. Willis, Kevin K. Lahmers, Samantha Beaty, Jennie Z. Ivey, James W. Mertins, Rebecca Trout Fryxell, D Paulsen, Denise L. Bonilla, Douglas Balthaser, Richard W. Gerhold, Joy Sweaney, Roger D. Applegate, Dené N. Vann
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume 18
Issue 15
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 7980, p 7980 (2021)
ISSN: 1660-4601
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18157980
Popis: 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 animal-associated pathogens (Anaplasma marginale, Babesia species, Ehrlichia species, and Theileria orientalis), for which all tests were negative. Herein, we describe the identification and confirmation of these tick specimens as well as other results of the surveillance collaboration.
Databáze: OpenAIRE