Ticks are of concern to southern Illinois residents because they are common in the forested landscapes of the region and have the capability to cause disease in humans and pets. There are several tick-borne illnesses of concern to southern Illinois residents. Prescribed burning is a potential method of tick control, but no significant results were found in the correlation of tick density with time since burn
This document describes the types of ticks around the home, tick bites, and control
Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (HME) is an emerging disease first described in 1987 and is transmitted...
Ticks have wide ranges that cover a variety of ecological habitats. Environmental conditions greatly...
The United States is currently amid a public health crisis caused by the bacteria, Borrelia burgdorf...
Tick-borne pathogens pose a significant health risk to humans and wildlife. The complex interactions...
University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. September 2017. Major: Environmental Health. Advisors: C...
The black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae), transmits pathogens that can have detrim...
Ticks are small arachnids which have the ability to acquire, maintain, and transfer pathogenic bacte...
Zoonoses (i.e., diseases transmitted from wild and domestic animals to humans) are health challenges...
Tick-borne disease is found all over the world, and interest in disease surveillance for tick-borne ...
In the United States human cases of tick-borne diseases have more than doubled over the past 15 year...
Between 2004 and 2016, the number of human tick-borne disease (TBD) cases doubled and seven new tick...
The distribution of Ixodes scapularis and Borrelia burgdorferi has continued expanding in Illinois o...
Some tick populations have increased dramatically in the past several decades leading to an increase...
Tick-borne pathogens are zoonoses whose transmission ecology involves complex interactions among the...
This document describes the types of ticks around the home, tick bites, and control
Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (HME) is an emerging disease first described in 1987 and is transmitted...
Ticks have wide ranges that cover a variety of ecological habitats. Environmental conditions greatly...
The United States is currently amid a public health crisis caused by the bacteria, Borrelia burgdorf...
Tick-borne pathogens pose a significant health risk to humans and wildlife. The complex interactions...
University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. September 2017. Major: Environmental Health. Advisors: C...
The black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae), transmits pathogens that can have detrim...
Ticks are small arachnids which have the ability to acquire, maintain, and transfer pathogenic bacte...
Zoonoses (i.e., diseases transmitted from wild and domestic animals to humans) are health challenges...
Tick-borne disease is found all over the world, and interest in disease surveillance for tick-borne ...
In the United States human cases of tick-borne diseases have more than doubled over the past 15 year...
Between 2004 and 2016, the number of human tick-borne disease (TBD) cases doubled and seven new tick...
The distribution of Ixodes scapularis and Borrelia burgdorferi has continued expanding in Illinois o...
Some tick populations have increased dramatically in the past several decades leading to an increase...
Tick-borne pathogens are zoonoses whose transmission ecology involves complex interactions among the...
This document describes the types of ticks around the home, tick bites, and control
Human Monocytic Ehrlichiosis (HME) is an emerging disease first described in 1987 and is transmitted...
Ticks have wide ranges that cover a variety of ecological habitats. Environmental conditions greatly...