Isolation of Heartland Virus from Lone Star Ticks, Georgia, USA, 2019
Yamila Romer, Kayla Adcock, Zhuoran Wei, Daniel G. Mead, Oscar Kirstein, Steph Bellman, Anne Piantadosi, Uriel Kitron, and Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec
Author affiliations: Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (Y. Romer, Z. Wei, O. Kirstein, S. Bellman, U. Kitron, G.M. Vazquez-Prokopec); University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, Georgia, USA (K. Adcock, D.G. Mead); Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta (A. Piantadosi)
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Table 1
Collected tick species and life cycle stages, Georgia, USA, 2018 and 2019
Tick species and stage |
2018 |
2019 |
2019, site 1 |
2019, site 2 |
Amblyomma americanum |
|
|
|
|
Adult |
646 |
1,530 |
790 |
740 |
Nymph |
2,265 |
4,853 |
2,844 |
2,009 |
Total |
2,911 |
6,383 |
3,634 |
2,749 |
Pools
|
272
|
677
|
339
|
338
|
Amblyomma maculatum |
|
|
|
|
Adult |
30 |
10 |
6 |
4 |
Pools
|
6
|
9
|
5
|
4
|
Dermacentor variabilis |
|
|
|
|
Adult |
14 |
74 |
57 |
17 |
Pools
|
3
|
37
|
27
|
10
|
Ixodes scapularis |
|
|
|
|
Adult |
5 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
Pools |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
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