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Vector-Borne Diseases and Household Pets: A One Health Perspective
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A BETTER WAY TO COLLECT TICKS FOR RESEARCH?![]()
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Current tick surveillance methods involve dragging white cloth through brush (which collects the ticks that happen to be in the area at that exact moment). A team of researchers from Washington State University and Texas A&M University collaborated with a Washington-based research and development company, BanfieldBio, Inc., on what may be a safer and more effective way to trap ticks.![]()
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The scientists developed and tested traps that release carbon dioxide from dry ice, which mimics human breathing. Of the 25,596 ticks they collected across Wisconsin, Texas, and Oklahoma over 100 days, 84.2% came from the dry-ice traps versus traditional dragging methods. The dry-ice traps worked on lone star ticks, blacklegged ticks, and American dog ticks at all stages of the life cycle, and they were particularly effective in areas with lower tick populations, which is important for accurate monitoring.![]()
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Better tick traps could help public health teams measure infection rates more accurately, reduce tick exposure for workers, and give communities clearer insight into their real risk as tick-borne illnesses continue to rise. The downside of the dry ice is cost and the logistics of transporting it safely in larger quantities out into the field.![]()
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Learn more in this article by the Entomological Society of America: entomologytoday.org/2026/02/04/can-dry-ice-traps-outperform-cloth-dragging-tick-surveillance/![]()
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#tickbornediseases #lymediseaseawareness #tickbite #science #research
NEW RESEARCH ALERT: EYE SYMPTOMS OF LYME DISEASE![]()
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Lyme disease can infect the whole body, including the eyes, and this review of 38 published cases from 1988 to 2025 proves just how wide-ranging those ocular problems can be. The researchers discovered that:![]()
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👉 The most common eye issue was uveitis (inflammation inside the eye).![]()
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👉 That was followed by optic neuritis (swelling of the nerve that carries vision to the brain) and cranial nerve palsies (nerve damage that can cause double vision or trouble moving the eyes).![]()
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👉 Only five people had direct lab proof of Lyme bacteria in their eye or spinal fluid.![]()
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👉 Most patients were diagnosed based on symptoms, blood tests, or a history of tick bites. Many of them also had whole-body symptoms like fatigue, joint pain, or flu-like illness, reinforcing that Lyme is a multi-system disease.![]()
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Doctors don’t always recognize when eye symptoms are linked to Lyme and other tick-borne illnesses, and better education and testing are desperately needed.![]()
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Check out the complete study from the CDC: wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/32/1/25-0769_article![]()
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Learn more about possible eye symptoms caused by Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections on our website: projectlyme.org/resource/how-lyme-disease-and-co-infections-affect-the-eyes/![]()
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![TICK-BORNE DISEASES IN THE NEWS:
Maine just hit another frightening milestone in 2025, with 3,700 cases of tick-borne infections like Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, and babesiosis reported (about 400 more than last year). As tick expert Griffin Dill put it, “Unfortunately, once again we broke the record for all three.”
The University of Maine Tick Lab even saw a 14% jump in the number of ticks sent in for testing. Of those, nearly three-quarters were blacklegged ticks, around 40% of which carried the Lyme disease bacteria.
For Elizabeth Nelson, whose family have all struggled with Lyme disease and are passionate advocates working to educate the public about the dangers of ticks, this growing awareness made a tangible difference when she got sick again recently: “I didn't even have to ask them to test [for] Lyme… this time I got what I needed," Elizabeth recalled.
Read more from @newscentermaine (link in bio): https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/health/tick-and-lyme/maine-reports-record-tick-borne-cases-in-2025-family-raises-lyme-awareness-health/97-a96ac772-98eb-4d38-97a8-3db49ab79277
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