Pests — United States
An exotic tick bite on a 12-year-old girl in Bergen County may be a 1st-of-its-kind case in the United States, leaving researchers with questions about whether the invasive species will transmit disease among human beings.
Scientists believe the longhorned tick, a species native to China, Korea and Japan, 1st appeared in New Jersey in 2013. Specialists at Rutgers University collected the specimen from a dog in Union County.
As cattle ticks and or bush ticks, they are generally found on
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