Wang, Yuxi
Lu, Zhenhua
Hu, Jingjing
Yuan, Xiaojie
Chen, Weijie
Lu, Shuiping
Pan, Yue
Chen, Qi
Hu, Siru
Zhang, Weilu
Xiong, Chenglong
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Shanghai New Three-year Action Plan for Public Health (Grant No. GWVI-11.1-03)
Article History
Received: 25 April 2025
Accepted: 23 June 2025
First Online: 30 June 2025
Declarations
:
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethical approval was not required for this study as no animals were harmed during the collection of ticks. The ticks were collected from large mammals using sterile tweezers without any invasive procedures. Only naturally attached or questing ticks were collected, and no intervention was made to the animals involved.