First Human Bites from Invasive Asian Longhorned Tick Larvae in the U.S.
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Zhong, Kaylee
Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases
Abstract
The Asian longhorned tick is an invasive species to the U.S. Eleven human bites from this tick have been documented in the U.S. This infographic summarizes NEVBD-supported work documenting the first bites by larvae of this tick species on a human in the U.S. Information based on the manuscript by Bickerton and Toledo. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2020.1805004
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Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-borne Diseases is supported through Cooperative Agreement Number 1U01CK000509-01 between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Cornell University.
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2021-07-21
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Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases
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