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Bruce MacDonald

Arachnids in the news.

“What we try to remind people is yes, it's scary, but it is really rare,” said Elizabeth Schiffman, a Minnesota Department of Health epidemiologist specializing in mosquito- and tick-transmitted diseases. “Don't forget to do all those prevention things that we talk about that no one ever wants to do because they're boring and not fun. Do your tick checks. Know when your risk is highest.”
duluthnewstribune.com/sports/n

black and red insect with oblong body and six thin legs sits on tree branch
Duluth News Tribune · Tick-borne Powassan virus creeps into MinnesotaNo treatment or vaccine is available for the potentially fatal illness.
#Minnesota#ticks#outdoors
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Sarah Dal

Paper: Mapping Tick-Borne encephalitis emergence, hotspots and range in Britain

eurosurveillance.org/content/1

I didn't realise TBEV had arrived in the UK (first case detected 2019) so that's another thing to worry about. The paper maps habitats, deer species and amount of human recreational activity to identify potential hotspots for TBEV in humans - scroll down to Results for maps and tables

#Ticks#TBEV
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WideEyedCurious 🇺🇸 💙 🇺🇦 & 🇨🇦

Until recently, scientists thought a rare and potentially deadly meat allergy was transmitted by just one species of tick found in the U.S. — the lone star tick. However, new reports of the allergy show that the much more widespread black-legged ticks can also transmit the disease. livescience.com/animals/arachn

Live Science · Multiple species of ticks in the US can transmit red meat allergy, CDC reports revealBy Clarissa Brincat
#Science#ticks
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Entomological Soc. of America

New on Entomology Today: A new study highlights how the CDC's National Tick Surveillance Program has improved tick-monitoring efforts at both state and federal levels. Since 2018, 36 states have joined the program, helping public health professionals communicate the potential risk of vector-borne diseases. #entomology #ticks #PublicHealth entomologytoday.org/2025/03/12

Entomology Today · Mapping the Threat: How Tick Surveillance is Protecting Public HealthSince 2018, 36 states have provided data to the CDC National Tick Surveillance Program, helping public health officials communicate vector-borne disease risk.
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Scouter Mom

Ticks, tiny blood-feeding creatures found in grassy, wooded areas, are active in warmer months but can be a year-round issue. They progress through four stages—egg, larva, nymph, and adult—requiring a blood meal at each. Ticks bite by inserting mouthparts into hidden skin spots, like the scalp or armpits. Some spread diseases such as Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Always check for ticks after outdoor activities! #Ticks #LymeDisease #HealthAwareness scoutermom.com/555/first-aid-f

Scouter Mom · Tick Bites 101: Easy Methods for First Aid and PreventionScouts like to get outdoors, but in many areas that brings the danger of tick bites. While most tick bites won't cause more than minor irritation, if treated incorrectly complications can occur.
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Rasta

This is New Boomstick.
Density, highest in South, our North.

What defines a BITE?
I've had ticks attached to me, pulled off, but how long were they there? Less than 24 hours.
It's too late, after they spread disease. My routine, is Tick Check every time after outdoor activities.

Ever been bitten by a tick?

On Park Gravel -Black Leg Tick
3 pepper size - chest -
3 adults, neck, legs, arm.

RV Park - LoneStar
1 - shoulder

cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswi #Ticks #LymeDisease #NewBrunswick #Health

CBCEver been bitten by a tick? A scientist wants to know | CBC NewsA research lab focusing on ticks has embarked on a project to assess how effective preventive Lyme disease measures are and hopes people who have been bitten will help.
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Soh Kam Yung

I usually go on nature walks with long pants and sleeves, but I've seen others go with minimal clothing.

"While Singapore does not require doctors to report tick bites or tick-borne diseases, a recent study has learnt that all 11 species of ticks found to have bitten humans in the island-state between 2002 and 2023 are capable of carrying one or more harmful microbes."

straitstimes.com/singapore/env

The Straits Times · Ticking time bomb? Study on ticks in Singapore calls for greater vigilanceAn NUS-based study says 11 species that have bitten humans here can carry 1 or more harmful microbes. Read more at straitstimes.com.
#Singapore#Ticks#Parasites
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MedVetAcarology

Paper by me (+ Cooper & Rott) on Tick hazard in the South Downs National Park (UK) + how to control without reducing ecosystem health. Free-to-read in @PeerJ at: peerj.com/articles/17483

Funders: @britishdeersoc , @BritishEcolSoc

ABSTRACT:
Background. #SouthDowns National Park (SDNP) is UK’s most visited #NationalPark, and a focus of tick-borne #Lymedisease. UK's first presumed locally acquired cases of #TBE and #babesiosis were recorded in 2019–20. The #SouthDownsNationalPark aims to conserve wildlife and encourage recreation, so interventions are needed that reduce hazard without negatively affecting ecosystem health. To be successful these require knowledge of site hazards.

Methods. British Deer Society members submitted ticks removed from deer. Key potential intervention sites were selected and six 50 m2 transects drag-sampled per site (mostly twice yearly for 2 years). #Ticks were identified in-lab (sex, life stage, species), hazard measured as tick presence, density of ticks (all life stages, DOT), and density of nymphs (DON). Sites and habitat types were analysed for association with hazard. Distribution was mapped by combining our results with records from five other sources.

Results. A total of 87 Ixodes ricinus (all but one adults, 82% F) were removed from 14 deer (10 Dama dama; three Capreolus capreolus; one not recorded; tick burden, 1–35) at 12 locations (commonly woodland). Five key potential intervention sites were identified and drag-sampled 2015–16, collecting 623 ticks (238 on-transects): 53.8% nymphs, 42.5% larvae, 3.7% adults (13 M, 10 F). Ticks were present on-transects at all sites: I. ricinus at three (The Mens (TM); Queen Elizabeth Country Park (QECP); Cowdray Estate (CE)), Haemaphysalis punctata at two (Seven Sisters Country Park (SSCP); Ditchling Beacon Nature Reserve (DBNR)). TM had the highest DOT at 30/300 m2 (DON = 30/300 m2), followed by QECP 22/300 m2 (12/300 m2), CE 8/300 m2 (6/300 m2), and SSCP 1/300 m2 (1/300 m2). For I. ricinus, nymphs predominated in spring, larvae in the second half of summer and early autumn. The overall ranking of site hazard held for DON and DOT from both seasonal sampling periods. DBNR was sampled 2016 only (one adult H. punctata collected). Woodland had significantly greater hazard than downland, but ticks were present at all downland sites. I. ricinus has been identified in 33/37 of SDNPs 10 km2 grid squares, Ixodes hexagonus 10/37, H. punctata 7/37, Dermacentor reticulatus 1/37.

Conclusions. Mapping shows tick hazard broadly distributed across SDNP. I. ricinus was most common, but H. punctata’s seeming range expansion is concerning. Recommendations: management of small heavily visited high hazard plots (QECP); post-visit precaution signage (all sites); repellent impregnated clothing for deerstalkers; flock trials to control H. punctata (SSCP, DBNR). Further research at TM may contribute to knowledge on ecological dynamics underlying infection density and predator re-introduction/protection as public health interventions. #EcologicalResearch on H. punctata would aid control. SDNP Authority is ideally placed to link and champion policies to reduce hazard, whilst avoiding or reducing conflict between public health and ecosystem health.

#OneHealth#PlanetaryHealth#TickAware
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