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Tag: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

A field scientist drags a cloth across the ground to gather ticks
Posted inChronic Disease

Ticks continue creeping southward in North Carolina

by Greg Barnes August 5, 2020August 6, 2020

By Greg Barnes Alexis Barbarin isn’t sure why North Carolina is reporting fewer cases of tick-borne diseases this year. Normally, by this time, hundreds of cases would have been reported, said Barbarin, the state’s public health entomologist, whose job it is to track diseases transmitted by insects. Instead, she said, only 76 confirmed and probable […]

A woman in a suit shakes hands with a man in uniform. She's former Senator Kay Hagan, who recently died of a rare tick-borne virus.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Virus from tick that killed former Sen. Hagan has never been detected in N.C.

by Greg Barnes November 5, 2019November 4, 2019
Map highlights states as far west as the middle of Texas, north into Nebraska and the Minnesota border, and into New England, as far north as the Maine coast.
Posted inPublic Health

A New Perspective on North Carolina Tick-borne Illnesses

by Yen Duong October 19, 2018October 19, 2018
Lyme Disease Risk Map
Posted inConsumer News, Featured, Public Health, State Health Policy, Uncategorized

Lyme Disease Not As Likely in NC, But Caution Should Prevail

by Rose Hoban February 3, 2012October 19, 2021

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