Maaike E Pietzsch

ORIGINAL ARTICLE Jolyon M. Medlock Medical Entomology and Zoonoses Ecology Group, Emergency Response Department, Public Health England, Salisbury, UK NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Environmental Change and Health, London, UK NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, Liverpool, UK Search for more papers by this author Kayleigh M.

In order to monitor important tick vectors in the UK, Public Health England’s Tick Surveillance Scheme (TSS) receives specimens from across the country for identification. In recent years, an increasing number of these specimens have been removed from animals with a recent history of travel outside the UK. This paper presents all data collated by the TSS on ticks entering the country on recently travelled or imported animals since surveillance commenced in 2005.

In order to monitor important tick vectors in the UK, Public Health England’s Tick Surveillance Scheme (TSS) receives specimens from across the country for identification. In recent years, an increasing number of these specimens have been removed from animals with a recent history of travel outside the UK. This paper presents all data collated by the TSS on ticks entering the country on recently travelled or imported animals since surveillance commenced in 2005.