First Appearance of a Foreign Tick (Amblyomma coelebs) in the U.S.
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Zhong, Kaylee
Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases
Abstract
A foreign tick, Amblyomma coelebs, was found in the U.S. for the first time in 2018 on a traveler returning from Costa Rica and Panama. This infographic summarizes a NEVBD-supported report of this tick detection in Connecticut. Information based on the manuscript by Molaei et al. 2019. HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1645/19-74.
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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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