Climate change altering the geographic range of ticks

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Summer is when many people head outside, but it’s the time of year that you might encounter ticks. They can carry diseases – including Lyme disease -- potentially spreading it to humans. There are concerns that the range of certain ticks is spreading, as is the length of time they can stick around.

“There's an abundance of them,” said Delaware state epidemiologist Kristen Rios. “They're hard to see, they're hard to spot— and that's a problem in itself.”Dr. Ashley Kennedy, a tick biologist for the state of Delaware, collects ticks from state public lands and national wildlife refuges to see where they're most abundant.Delaware is one of the top states in the nation for ticks and the cases of Lyme diseases that come with it.

“I try and check my pets regularly, too," Kennedy said. “And you want to remove the tick as soon as you find them because the longer they're attached, the more likely they are to transmit a pathogen either to you or to your pet.”

 

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Anyone who hasn’t noticed many more ticks in Ohio the last couple of years either doesn’t go outside or doesn’t pay attention

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