Lone Star Ticks: Not Guilty in Spread of Lyme Disease.

The bacteria that cause Lyme disease, the most commonly reported vector-borne illness in the United States, are transmitted to humans primarily by the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis, also known as the deer tick), which is abundant in the eastern United States. Often presumed guilty by association is the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum), a southern tick species that has spread northward in recent decades. However, a new review of three decades’ worth of research concludes the latter should be exonerated: While lone star ticks are guilty of transmitting bacteria that cause several human illnesses, the scientific evidence says Lyme disease is not one of them.

https://entomologytoday.org/2018/01/31/lone-star-ticks-not-guilty-spread-lyme-disease/

Posted on 01 de fevereiro de 2018, 10:56 AM by biohexx1