Start Date
2023
Description
The blacklegged tick is an emerging species of ticks (Family: Ixodidae) in Michigan and is the primary vector for Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. The range of the blacklegged tick has increased in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan over the past 20 years, expanding northward along the lakeshore and inland in southern portions of the state. The number of human cases has increased 5-fold over the same timeframe, facilitated by the expansion of blacklegged tick populations.
Recommended Citation
Miller, William L.; Bieri, Sophia M.; Vu, An; Luce, Audrey; Boldenow, Erica; May, Meghan; and Tsao, Jean, "Environmental Surveillance for Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) Across an Urban-Rural Gradient in West Michigan" (2023). Summer Research. 6.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/summer_research/2023/Posters/6
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Environmental Surveillance for Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) Across an Urban-Rural Gradient in West Michigan
The blacklegged tick is an emerging species of ticks (Family: Ixodidae) in Michigan and is the primary vector for Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. The range of the blacklegged tick has increased in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan over the past 20 years, expanding northward along the lakeshore and inland in southern portions of the state. The number of human cases has increased 5-fold over the same timeframe, facilitated by the expansion of blacklegged tick populations.