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Dead Or Alive
CREAMERY (Montgomery
Co.) As spring and summer
approach, many Pennsylvanians
will spend more time in the
woods. If you find a tick while
hiking or camping in Montgomery
County, bring it to the Penn State
Cooperative Extension office
located in Creamery on Route
113, one mile south of Skippack.
“You could participate in a
survey designed to map the distri
bution of Lyme disease and other
problems caused by ticks,” said
Tim Fritz, county agent
Stevens Jacobs, project associ
ate in Penn State’s department of
entomology, would like to exa
mine the ticks Pennsylvanias find
on themselves, their children, or
their pets. County offices will for
ward the ticks, dead or alive, to
Jacobs. Dr. Ke Chung Kim, and
Dr. Robert Snetsinger, professors
of entomology.
“The purpose of this survey is
to determine the range and distri
bution of Ixodes dammini, the deer
tick is the main carrier of Lyme
disease.” Jacobs said. “Other ticks
can carry the disease as well, so
we want to see any tick someone
finds. With a strong response from
all counties, we can get a good
idea of where Lyme disease risk
areas are across the state”.
“Your county extension office
has kits with vials to hold the tick
and a questionnarie asking for
information important for the
survey, such as where the tick was
found and what type of host it
had,” said Fritz. The kit will be
sent to University Park for a free
analysis.
Lyme disease is caused by Bor
relia burgdorferi, a coiled bacteria
or spirochete. Jacobs will deter
mine the species of each tick he
receives, but he can only test those
ticks that arrive alive to see if they
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carry the Lyme disease bacteria.
“We’ll send the results to our
analysis back to the county office
and Fritz will contact the person
who sent us the tick,’’ Jacobs said,
stressing that this analysis is not a
medical diagnosis. “We’re only
surveying the extent of the ticks
and the disease spirochetes. We’ll
let a person know whether or not
we found spirochetes in the tick,
but we are not here to give medi
cal advice.”
Jacobs doesn’t want people to
actively search for ticks. “But if
you find a tick on a person or am ■
mat, remove it with a set of fine
forceps or tweezers.” he said.
“Grasp the tick by the mouthparts
or as close to the skin of the host
as possible and gently pull it
straight out.” Applying heat or
chemical to remove a tick is risky.
“That could make the tick regurgi
tate its stomach contents, increas
ing the chance of infection,”
Jacobs said.
The entomologists will be col
lecting ticks for the next three
years, mapping areas of high and
low spirochete counts. “We’d like
to be able to chart the relative risks
of going to Pinchot State Forest
versus going to the Allegheny Pla
teau, for example. Right now that
type of information just isn’t
available.”
When the researchers have
enough data, they will compare a
county with a high incidence of
Lyme disease to a county with a
low incidence. “We’ll examine
similar habitats in those two coun
ties to try to determine why one
area has a high rate of disease and
why the other does not,” Jacobs
said. The researchers ultimately
hope to use this information to
develop a program to advise Pen
nsylvanians on the relative risks
associated with outdoor activities
in various habitats.
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