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Infestation can occur in California : What to know about the tick time-bomb
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Hunter Cornick s duct tape method caught 27 ticks. Courtesy of Hunter Cornick
The Weather Channel recently announced that most of the U.S. will be a “a tick time-bomb” in 2021, and displayed a map showing that in California, the threat ticks pose this year is slightly above average. And despite the drought which would normally be a deterrent for ticks scientists are noticing more of those bloodsuckers on the coast than ever.
To better understand how weather patterns this year might affect tick season in California, SFGATE spoke with Colorado State University tick researcher Daniel Salkeld, who sits on the board of the Bay Area Lyme Foundation and authored a recent and terrifying study concerning suitable tick habitats in California.
Ticks Are at the Beach In The U.S. Now, Too
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A close-up of the Western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus) (Photo: Kaldari/Wikimedia Commons, Other)
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Disease-carrying ticks are regularly finding their way onto beachfront property, new research suggests. The study found similar levels of tick infestation in the woodlands and near beaches around Northern California, indicating that they can live in more varied environments than assumed even without the presence of obvious natural hosts. What’s worse, these ticks often carried bacteria responsible for illnesses like Lyme disease.
Lyme disease: Study shows ticks carrying disease found to be abundant in beach areas outbreaknewstoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from outbreaknewstoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ticks Carrying Disease Found to Be Abundant in Beach Areas, Similar to Woodlands, According to New Study
Study Funded by Bay Area Lyme Foundation Also Shows Ticks in Northern California Carry a Diversity of Disease-causing Bacteria at Higher Rates Than Previously Reported
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PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif., April 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Bay Area Lyme Foundation, a leading sponsor of Lyme disease research in the US, today announced results of a study demonstrating that adult Western black-legged ticks (
Ixodes pacificus) carrying
Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, were found in beach areas at equal rates to the woodland habitats in parts of northwestern California. Further, researchers, who were testing ticks for up to 5 species of tick-borne bacteria, found that the collective infection rate of all species was as high as 31% in at least one area, which offers a different perspective from previous studies t