An Australian record of the American dog tick Dermacentor variabilis, and the risk of its establishment outside North America.
A living female of Dermacentor variabilis (Say) was collected in Canberra, Australia, on a human who had recently returned from the U.S.A. Climatic data indicate that this could become established in eastern Australia and many other parts of the world, with serious consequences for human and animal health.
Halliday
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CSIRO Division of Entomology, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia.
Sutherst
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RW
D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D002980:Climate; D003870:Dermacentor / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012984:Software; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000635:transmission*; D013987:Ticks / Q000502:physiology*; D014481:United States