Lyme disease experts fear disease explosion

Lyme patients Karin Klouman and her husband. Photo courtesy Lyme Action Group photo

CTVNews.ca Staff

A warming climate has health officials worried that tick populations are already spreading, bringing with them the germs that can lead to Lyme disease.
Dr. Robbin Lindsay, a research scientist with the Public Health Agency of Canada who specializes in zoonotic diseases, says the populations of the blacklegged ticks that carry Lyme disease (sometimes called the deer tick) are growing... Continue reading, video. Read comments...

.A disease we all must learn about..The ticks that carry Lyme disease live in grass, weeds, forest floors, leaf litter, and bushes. They are seldom found higher than 18 inches above the ground. They become active when temperatures are -2C (30F) and above. They can come into your home on your pets. Most disease transmitting bites occur from a tick in the nymph stage, when they are only the size of a poppy seed. Many victims do not recall a tick bite. Only a minority of people will get or recall a rash...read here..