Laboratory of Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Department, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, 915 Greene Street, Suite 327, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
Vector-Borne Diseases Laboratory, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, South Carolina Public Health Laboratory, 8500 Farrow Road, Columbia, SC 29203, USA.
J Med Entomol. 2023 Nov 14;60(6):1398-1405. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjad119.
The first established population of the Asian longhorned tick Haemaphysalis longicornis (Neumann, Acari: Ixodidae) was discovered in a northern South Carolina county in June 2022. A coordinated investigation was launched to investigate the invasive tick's pathogen infection prevalence and blood meal preferences. Almost 2,000 Ha. longicornis ticks were collected from one cattle field. A majority of collected ticks had evidence of cattle and dog blood meals, and multiple samples were tested positive for Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and Theileria orientalis-first reports for these pathogens in this tick species in South Carolina. This investigation was the direct result of a collaborative education campaign and tick surveillance program launched earlier in the year with multiple state partners.
2022 年 6 月，在美国南卡罗来纳州北部的一个县发现了亚洲长角血蜱（Haemaphysalis longicornis）的首个定殖种群。开展了一项协调调查，以调查入侵蜱的病原体感染流行率和血液餐偏好。从一个牛场采集了近 2000 只 Ha. longicornis 蜱。采集的大多数蜱都有牛和狗的血液餐证据，多个样本检测出伯氏疏螺旋体和东方泰勒虫阳性，这是在南卡罗来纳州该蜱种中首次报告这些病原体。这项调查是与多个州合作伙伴在今年早些时候发起的合作教育运动和蜱监测计划的直接结果。
