Molecular Identification and Genetic Characterization of Public Health Threatening Ticks - Chongming Island, China, 2021-2022.

ABSTRACT:

What is already known about this topic?

Although ticks and tick-borne diseases are prevalent throughout China, there remains a knowledge gap regarding their biology and potential risk of distribution to human and animal populations on Chongming Island. The island, being China's third largest and a crucial component in the ecological preservation of the Yangtze Delta region, has yet to be comprehensively studied in this context.

What is added by this report?

In this study, employing molecular methodologies, a significant prevalence of Haemaphysalis (H.) longicornis and H. flava ticks - widely recognized for their high pathogenicity - is reported from Chongming Island. Additionally, the identification of two previously unreported species on the isla

SUBMITTER: Fei S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10560331 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature