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Official warns of invasive longhorned tick; link to rising ehrlichiosis cases uncertain
Summary
A public health official described the longhorned tick as an invasive species in Connecticut that can reproduce without a male and may carry Ehrlichia chaffeensis; officials said the state has seen about 28 ehrlichiosis cases in the last five years but said any connection to the tick remains under investigation.
Public health official described the longhorned tick as an invasive species newly detected in Connecticut and warned that it may pose a risk for tick-borne infections. "So that is an invasive tick species here in Connecticut. It's really a tick that we have not normally had. It is one that is really from Asia. It has come here," the…
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