Dina M. Fonseca

Jun 28, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Francisco Ferreira |Julia González |Dina M. Fonseca |Heidi E Herb

AbstractPiroplasms, which include the agents of cattle fever and human and dog babesiosis, are a diverse group of blood parasites of significant veterinary and medical importance. The invasive Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, is a known vector of piroplasms in its native range in east Asia and invasive range in Australasia. In the US state of Virginia, H. longicornis has been associated with Theileria orientalis Ikeda outbreaks that caused cattle mortality. We examined 667 H.

Mar 5, 2023 | mdpi.com | Julia González |Alvaro Toledo |Dina M. Fonseca

1. IntroductionTick-borne diseases continue to be a public health concern in the USA as the number of cases has increased in recent years [1,2]. The ongoing expansion of Ixodes scapularis Say and the increase in abundance of Amblyomma americanum (L.) throughout the Northeast and upper Midwest, as well as the recent detection of the invasive tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann, underscores the risk of tick-borne diseases in the northeastern USA [1,3,4].