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3 airplanes, 2 buses, 2 trains & a car ride later, we have arrived in #Croatia only to find a familiar sight. Just like my backyard in #California , except these Ixodes ticks can carry Lyme & #tickborne encephalitis. Ixodes ricinus? TickReport LymeDisease.org UC San Francisco ⁦Bay Area Lyme Foundation⁩

Partially fed 'American dog tick' from Union County, #Ohio . No pathogens detected at the Standard DNA level!

Alpha-gal Information Holly C. Tuten TickReport TickEncounter.org @DETickTalk Crawling on one of my hives. Pull several a week.

Engorged nymphal Amblyomma americanum from Suffolk County, New York.

I’m glad that Croatian chickens eat ticks like ours do. #Croatia #Chickens #Ticks #Travel #Lyme #Ecology UC Davis Veterinary Medicine @Poultry LymeDisease.org Bay Area Lyme Foundation California Center for Functional Medicine Sunjya Schweig, MD QBI Swei Lab seemay chou Dan Salkeld TickReport Nicole Malachowski

It's our 100th Tick of the Week! 💯 This week, we have an engorged, nymphal 'lone star tick' from Oklahoma County, OK. Here's to 100 more weeks of your most interesting tick submissions!

TickReport I found this little critter in my bed this morning after a quick stroll across my yard last night (Ohio) in my pajamas. (Don’t ask why I did that. I won’t do it again.) Is it male deer tick, engorged female, or something else? Please help a worried stranger!

TickReport Holly C. Tuten Ticks meeting their death in double sided carpet tape around the tops of my muck boots. (Thank you for that idea:) These are all ticks. Even the red area on left side of pic. Notice the black thread that came off my sock or the blade of grass for comparison.

Adult, male 'Gulf Coast tick' from Lincoln County, North Carolina, tested positive for Rickettsia parkeri.

This nymphal 'western black-legged tick' from Marin County, California, tested positive for Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease).

Since 2015, TickReport testing has found Powassan virus in ticks submitted from eight states: CT, MA, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT, and WI.

As I continue prattling on about tick bite prevention, this is what I'll be injecting into myself for the next 10 days. Been battling Tick-borne diseases since 2011 and didn't even know until 2020.
Determined to win!
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American dog tick from Boone County, Indiana -- not carrying any pathogens targeted at the Standard DNA level (A. phagocytophilum, R. parkeri, F. tularensis, etc.).

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The first Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) of 2024 came to us from Sussex County, #NewJersey . No pathogens detected, but it had fed for multiple days before removal.

'Black-legged deer tick' from Middlesex County, MA. Tested positive for #Powassan virus (type 2, DTV), Borrelia burgdorferi ( #Lyme disease), and Anaplasma phagocytophilum ( #anaplasmosis ).

🔬🩻 The Tick of the Week is a larval 'western black-legged tick' from Monterey County, California. No pathogens detected!

Ticks can spread disease to humans. This poster from Colorado Tick-Borne Disease Awareness Association shows how to do a tick check after traipsing through the wilds or just walking through the garden.

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