Pests -- United States
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Thu 29 Nov [2018] that a dangerous tick capable of spreading diseases in humans and animals has been found in the United States.
The tick is indigenous to eastern China, Japan, eastern Russia, and Korea and was introduced in Australia, New Zealand, and several island nations in the western Pacific region. Called _Haemaphysalis longicornis_, or the Asian longhorned tick, the CDC said it can lead to hemorrhagic fever, Lyme disease, and a
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6174603&promed&0
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