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Maine deer ticks are known to carry and transmit pathogens that cause three diseases: Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis.
Maine deer ticks are known to carry and transmit pathogens that cause three diseases: Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis.

UMaine Extension releases 2020 Maine tick program data

Contributed • April 22, 2021

ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab 2020 Surveillance Program data is now compiled and available on the Maine Tick Data webpage at https://extension.umaine.edu/ticks/maine-tick-data/.

In 2019, the UMaine Extension Tick Lab began testing tick samples for Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, and babesiosis; the three most common tick-borne diseases. In 2020, an additional testing panel was added to screen for Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichiosis and tularemia. Also included is new data related to personal protection as well as COVID-related behaviors.

More information on different tick species in Maine, tick management, tick-borne diseases, and submitting tick specimens to the lab is available on the tick laboratory website or by contacting 207-581-3880, 800-287-0279 (in Maine) or tickID@maine.edu.

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