Thursday 21 May 2020

Lab Study Shows Asian Longhorned Tick Can Spread Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever | Entomology Today

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Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found that the invasive Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) can, at least under lab conditions, acquire and transmit the bacteria that cause Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

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