In this study, we analyzed Rickettsia species in
Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks collected from Shandong Province, China, and found R.
sanguineus (n=13, 1.46%),
Haemaphysalis parva (n=9, 1.00%), H.
Haemaphysalis longicornis is a tick indigenous to eastern Asia and an important vector of human and animal disease agents, resulting in such outcomes as human hemorrhagic fever and reduction of production in dairy cattle by 25%.
Invasive-species tick: A National Veterinary Services Laboratory test confirmed the
Haemaphysalis longicornis tick, native to East Asia, is in Maryland.
Tunicamycin, an inhibitor of N-linked glycosylation has been used to study the functional significance of glycosylation in Sf9 (Spodographa frugiperda) cells expressing a chitinase from a tick
Haemaphysalis longicornis (24).
Ixodes spp, Hyalomma spp.,
Haemaphysalis spp., Dermacentor spp.
In its home range, the Asian longhorned tick (
Haemaphysalis longicornis) carries a virus that kills 15 percent of its victims, but is considered a greater threat to livestock than to humans, The New York Times reported.
canis infection is the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, although the infection may also be transmitted by other dog tick species such as
Haemaphysalis longicornus and
Haemaphysalis flavas (Dwyer et al., 2001).
The tick
Haemaphysalis longicornis is of great medical and veterinary importance, and can transmit a great diversity of pathogens.
Imamura et al., "Suppression of cell proliferation and cytokine expression by HL-p36, a tick salivary gland-derived protein of
Haemaphysalis longicornis," The Journal of Immunology, vol.