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Lyme disease risk in NJ – Take precautions

Lyme disease risk in NJ – Take precautions

By: cuBIZloan

 

Lyme disease is soaring in New Jersey, climbing to staggering levels not seen in nearly 20 years.

In 2017, there were 5,092 reported cases of Lyme disease in the state, the highest yearly total in nearly two decades, according to new data from the New Jersey Department of Health.

So what’s causing this increase?

The rise may be due to “a combination of things,” including more awareness about the disease and our ability to more accurately test for it than in years past, said Alvaro Toledo, an assistant professor at Rutgers University who studies ticks.

But, the other reasons, according to Toledo, are most likely due to New Jersey’s large population of rodents and deer.

The deer tick (or the black-legged tick), which New Jersey is notorious for, is not born with Lyme disease. It has to acquire it just like humans. How? Typically rodents, specifically the white-footed mouse, he said.

These ticks then need deer to feed, mate and make babies.

New Jersey’s large population of deer and rodents has allowed the ticks to stay in business.

“Having a lot of them allow ticks to multiple and lay many eggs that later on will hatch.”

While the rate has climbed in the state overall, some counties have been faring worse than others.

Prevention steps against tick-borne illness | Lymedisease.org 

Here’s a breakdown of Lyme disease in each of New Jersey’s 21 counties, ranked from least number of cases to the most since 2000.

21. Cape May County
  • Total cases since 2000: 506
  • Cases in 2017: 22

Read the full article here: nj.com/news

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