Feasting on Rural America: The Spread of Tick-Borne Diseases
– By #South Dakota AHEC
From The Rural Monitor
May 17, 2017
by Jenn Lukens
Part parasite and part predator, the tick has become one of the nation's most harmful bugs. Overgrown, humid areas are prime real estate for these critters, making rural America more susceptible to their growing numbers and the diseases they carry.
Even with the paranoia they incite, ticks have managed to lie low, out of the spotlight. Not until recently has the national conversation started picking up speed as Lyme and other tick-borne illnesses have become the most prolific zoonotic diseases in our nation. Lyme disease, the most-reported of the 20+ tick-borne diseases in the United States, is estimated to infect around 300,000 people every year.
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