Emergency room visits for tick bites have hit their highest known level in southern Wisconsin and have been up across the state in recent weeks, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. The good news: Wood ticks, the less worrisome of the two main tick species in the state, seem to be the main driver of the increase..
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The American dog tick, also known as the wood tick, is the larger and less hazardous of Wisconsin’s two most prevalent tick species.
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Ixodes scapularis, the blacklegged tick, on the edge of a leaf. Most of the U.S. has seen an increase in tick activity this year, but it’s been especially pronounced in the Midwest, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Emergency room visits for tick bites have hit their highest known level in southern Wisconsin and have been up across the state in recent weeks, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. The good news: Wood ticks, the less worrisome of the two main tick species in the state, seem to be the main driver of the increase..
Ixodes scapularis, the blacklegged tick, on the edge of a leaf. Most of the U.S. has seen an increase in tick activity this year, but it’s been especially pronounced in the Midwest, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
