This information is critical to determine pathogen transmission dynamics, public health risk and management strategies. Project Overview: The recent arrival of the Asian longhorned tick has raised many questions about the habitat, host, and pathogen associations of US populations. Multistate infestation with the exotic disease-vector tick Haemaphysalis longicornis - United States, August 2017 - September 2018. Alvaro Toledo, PhD, Rutgers University Center for Vector Biology.Kirby Stafford III, PhD, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.Phurchhoki Sherpa, MS, Cornell University.Nicholas Piedmonte, MS, Louis Calder Center, Fordham University, New York State Department of Health.James Occi, MS, Rutgers University Center for Vector Biology.Laura Harrington, PhD, Cornell University.Dina Fonseca, PhD, Rutgers University Center for Vector Biology.Richard Falco, PhD, Louis Calder Center, Fordham University, New York State Department of Health.Lead Institutions: Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Fordham University, New York State Department of Health, Rutgers University We are also investigating the design and optimization of passive traps to collect this tick. We will gather data on what type of drags/flags/sweeps work best for collecting these ticks, and will sample across the Northeast to assess the regional distribution of this species. Work in this area will focus on determining which surveillance approaches are most effective for environmental sampling of the Asian longhorned tick ( Haemaphysalis longicornis).
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