Kentucky Tick Surveillance Reveals Increase in Lyme Disease

Kentucky tick surveillance reveals increase in Lyme disease

Ticks and the diseases they transmit are spreading in Kentucky. The latest research from the Kentucky Department for Public Health shows a drastic jump in the tick population.Kentucky's a great place for ticks, Dr. Kathleen Winter said. The state epidemiologist for Kentucky, Winter, detailed a multi-year tick surveillance program led by KDPH and the University of Kentucky Department of Entomology.According to Winter, tick species have gradually …

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