Although scientists have long said Lyme disease-carrying ticks haven’t spread, a new nationwide study revealed that the ticks have spread far beyond regions where researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention previously believed they flourished.
According to a CBS News report, researchers found ticks capable of spreading Lyme disease in an additional 83 counties where such ticks had never previously been reported across 24 states. Perhaps even more alarming is that these bugs spread quickly. Initially, the Bay Area Lyme Foundation and Northern Arizona University set up a study to collect tick samples from around the U.S. They set a goal of 2,000 specimens, and they received more than 16,000 from people who found ticks on either themselves of their pets.
Study author Nate Nieto, an associate professor with Northern Arizona University’s department of biological sciences, said that ticks and the diseases they carry pose a growing health risk in the United States.
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