UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., May 11 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, and Pennsylvania consistently ranks as one of the top states in the nation for reported cases of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. However, there are ways to protect people, pets and livestock against ticks and the pathogens they carry, according to Erika Machtinger, associate professor of entomology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
Machtinger, an expert who studies ticks and other arthropod pests and the risks they pose to humans and animals, said there are more than 900 species of ticks worldwide, at least 25 of which are thought to exist in Pennsylvania....