Lyme Bay Area Foundation: “According to a new study, tick-borne diseases are found to be abundant in beach areas, similar to forests.
Daniel Salkeld, Ph.D., scientific researcher, Colorado State University.
John Aucott, MD, director, Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Clinical Research Center.
Kirsten Stein, board member, Bay Area Lyme Foundation.
Weather.com: “It’s been the warmest winter on record so far for some typically cold locations in the lower 48s.”
Pest.org: “2021 Tick Forecast.”
Applied and Environmental Microbiology: “Examining the prevalence and diversity of tick-borne pathogens for Ixodes pacificus ticks in California.”
The Washington Post: “The studio finds ticks carrying Lyme next to the beaches and ‘almost where we were looking.’
CDC: “Lyme Disease,” “Tick Removal and Testing,” “How Many People Have Lyme Disease?” “Lyme Disease Surveillance – United States, 1992-2006”.
EPA: “Repellents: protection against mosquitoes, ticks and other arthropods.”
