Errata in East Coast tick study: retort to Tufts & Diuk-Wasser

Abstract

Abstract The authors overlook the first report of Haemaphysalis punctata in the Western Hemisphere documented by a pioneer acarologist in 1910. The authors assume that climate change alters movement of ticks, but provide no data. The authors’ assumptions are only opinions, and must be corrected and challenged.

Keywords

• Ticks
• Haemaphysalis punctata
• Climate change