Resumen de Surveillance:: Overwintering of the brown dog tick in residential properties in England – raising awareness

Kayleigh M. Hansford, Maaike E. Pitzsch, Benjamin Cull, Jolyon M. Medlock, R. Wall

• PUBLIC Health England (PHE) previously reported a house infestation with the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, in a residential property in Essex during 2014, following the importation of a dog from Spain (Hansford and others 2015). Despite repeated treatment of the property and continued application of tick treatments on dogs within the property, ticks are still being found and submitted to PHE's tick recording scheme (TRS). Repeated findings of these non-native ticks within the property suggest that a population has established and has been able to overwinter. This continues to represent a biting and potential disease risk to owners and pets within …