HUNTINGDON (Huntingdon
Co.) As the threat of Lyme dis
ease spreads throughout the
Northeast, Penn State researchers
are seeking answers that could
help Pennsylvanians avoid the
sometimes debilitating disease.
Entomologists in Penn State’s
College of Agricultural Sciences
are in the fourth year of a study to
map the distribution of Lyme dis
ease and the disease-carrying deer
tick in Pennsylvania. The pro
ject’s goals are to identify high
risk areas and educate the public
about how the disease can be pre
vented.
“Reported Lyme disease cases
have increased in recent years,”
said extension entomologist Ste
ven Jacobs, who leads the study.
“But your chances of getting the
disease are very low if you know
how to manage the risk.”
Jacobs says the public can be a
major help in the research by tak
ing any tick found, dead or alive,
to the nearest county office of
Penn State Cooperative Exten
sion. The tick will be sent to Penn
Slate’s University Park Campus,
where it will be identified.
“If you find a tick, try to keep it
alive,” said Jacobs. “Put the tick
and a few blades of green grass in
a small, green container, such as a
pill bottle. If it’s already dead, put
it in a small container with alco
hol. Be sure to note exactly where
and when the tick was found. Af
ter it’s identified, you’ll be noti
fied about what type of tick it
was.”
During its life cycle, the deer
tick may be found on a variety of
hosts including mice, chipmunks,
birds and deer. While awaiting a
suitable host, the tick usually is
found on leaf litter or low branch
es in brushy, wooded areas. Deer
ticks are most active in late spring
and early summer.
Lyme disease can cause a varie
ty of symptoms, including a
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data gathered have come from tick
samples sent in by the public.
So far, deer ticks have been
submitted from 44 of Pennsylva
nia’s 67 counties. The areas with
the highest reported numbers of
deer ticks are southeastern Penn
sylvania, including Chester, Dela
ware, Montgomery, Bucks, Berks,
Northampton, Lehigh and York
counties; the Moshannon Stale
Forest region, including Elk,
Clearfield, Cameron, McKean and
Centre counties; and the Presque
Isle peninsula in Erie County.
“Although not all deer ticks car
ry Lyme disease,” Jacobs said,
“the reported incidence of the dis-
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grain marketing started in Oklaho
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state’s first grain elevator and
where he served as state marketing
specialist.
In the past five years in Mary
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tal in helping extension agents and
farmers organize mote than 15
grain marketing clubs.
One of his recent presentations
to grain producers included the fol
lowing “self-inflicted wounds”:
• Failure to understand and use
basis data for cash sales of grain.
• Trying to predict grain prices.
• Accepting excess price risk.
• Over-reliance on market out
look by the experts.
• Failure to account for storage
and interest expenses.
• Failure to consider all market
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• Failure to obtain the latest,
accurate market information.
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ease appears to be highest in areas
that have a high incidence of ticks.
But we need submissions of ticks
from more counties to get a truer
picture of the situation statewide.”
The counties with the highest
reported incidences of Lyme dis
ease are Cameron, Elk, Pike,
Delaware, Clearfield. Bucks,
Montgomery, Clinton, Clarion
and Wayne.
Researchers are paying special
attention to Pike County in north
eastern Pennsylvania. Although
Pike County has a high incidence
of Lyme disease (89 cases per
100,000 population), only three
deer ticks have been submitted
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from that county during the Penn
State study. The Pike County
commissioners have funded a spe
cial study to investigate that ap
parent discrepancy.
“There have been a lot of lone
star ticks found in Pike County,
and they also can carry Lyme dis
ease in very rare cases,” Jacobs
said. “Other possible explanations
are that people in Pike County are
contracting the disease in their tra
vels outside the county, or that
new residents moving in already
have the disease.” Results from
the Pike County project could help
to explain similar inconsistencies
in other counties
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ter mile east and north of the inter
change with Route 309 in west
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