Molecular Identification and Genetic Characterization of Public Health Threatening Ticks - Chongming Island, China, 2021-2022.

The populations of humans and animals in nearly all 18 towns on Chongming Island are potentially at risk for transmission of tick-borne infectious agents. As a result, there is a pressing necessity for public health alerts, proactive tick surveillance, and effective screening of suspected clinical cases of tick-borne diseases within the Chongming population.