Haemaphysalis longicornis (Asian longhorned tick)

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Epidemiology

native to eastern Asia
gaining a foothold in the United States
- ticks reported in nine states
  - most frequently New Jersey, Virginia, & West Virginia^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Beard CB, Occi J, Bonilla DL, et al. Multistate Infestation with the Exotic Disease-Vector Tick Haemaphysalis longicornis - United States, August 2017 - September 2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2018;67:1310-1313 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/wr/mm6747a3.htm
↑ Wikipedia: Longhorned tick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longhorned_tick