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Interagency Cooperation Drives Discovery of Lyme Disease Spirochete in Exotic Tick

ByCanLyme Team

“Since inception, the primary goal of the tick program has been to collect and test blacklegged ticks because of the public health risk they pose. However, over time and through targeted collections throughout the Commonwealth, established populations of additional tick species have been discovered. One of those species is the newly invasive Asian longhorned tick…

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First US human bite from worrying longhorned tick noted

ByCanLyme Team

“The tick was found in the United States for the first time in 2017 on a sheep in New Jersey, and since then, the species has been found in at least 10 states, mainly in the eastern states but also Arkansas. It’s still not known how widespread Asian longhorned ticks are in the United States,…

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What are implications for eastern Canada? – New York – Warning Issued After New Tick Species Discovered In Westchester

ByCanLyme Team

[CanLyme Note:  Ticks in New York state are only a short flight away aboard our migratory passerine birds ie robins, finches, wrens. who bring these ticks into Canada in the millions each year.] July 18th, 2018 State officials are warning New York residents, visitors and farmers about the continued importance of taking measures to protect against ticks,…