A Unique Academic-Government Collaboration Yields First Report of Detailed Habitat Description for Haemaphysalis longicornis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in Madison County, KY

J T Vogt; B D Allen; D Paulsen; R T Trout Fryxell

doi:10.1093/jme/tjab061

A Unique Academic-Government Collaboration Yields First Report of Detailed Habitat Description for Haemaphysalis longicornis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in Madison County, KY

J Med Entomol. 2021 Jul 16;58(4):1970-1972. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjab061.

Authors

J T Vogt¹, B D Allen², D Paulsen³, R T Trout Fryxell³

Affiliations

¹ USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, 320 E. Green Street, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
² USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, 4700 Old Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919, USA.
³ Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, 2505, 370 E J. Chapman Drive Plant Biotechnology Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.

PMID: 33837420
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjab061

Abstract

Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, Asian longhorned tick, was collected in Madison County, Kentucky, United States as part of an ongoing collaborative-tick surveillance project. This is the first collection of this invasive tick that includes ancillary data on habitat and landscape features derived from the USDA Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis program.

Keywords: Asian longhorned tick; Haemaphysalis longicornis; distribution; habitat description; zoonosis.

Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America 2021.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution*
Animals
Ecosystem*
Epidemiological Monitoring
Ixodidae*
Kentucky