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Why Lyme Disease Ticks Thrive in the North R
esearchers from the University of Rhode Island, in Kingston, have studied the rapid increase in
Lyme disease in the northern U.S. Only 11 cases of the disease, which annually impacts about 300,000 Americans, were reported in 2015 in Alabama, a state of approximately 5 million residents. Meanwhile, there were 491 confi rmed cases in Vermont, with a population of less than 700,000. The researchers studied the life
cycle, metabolism and behavior of black-legged ticks, collecting larvae from several eastern areas. They discovered that ticks live longer in cooler temperatures with higher levels
of humidity, making northeastern climates ideal, because longer lives mean increased chance of
contact. Southern ticks stay hidden underfoot in layers of leaves to stay cool and damp, making them less likely to fi nd a human host than their northern counterparts, which reside on leaves and trees. “There has been a lot of research aimed at
fi nding out what makes black-legged ticks more effi cient hosts for Lyme disease in the north than in the south,” explains Roger LeBrun, an entomology professor at the University of Rhode Island and co-author of the study. “People have looked at everything from the effects of tempera- ture on tick life cycles to the types of animals the ticks feed on. Probably all of these factors play roles, but our results suggest that evolutionary pressure to conserve moisture by staying under the leaf litter surface is a critical factor.”
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