Why are Ticks important nowadays?
Climate change increases the number and geographic range of disease-carrying insects and ticks.
Ticks can carry a lot of different viruses and bacteria, when they suck blood, they can transmit them.
A quick bite is enough to be infected.
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The two most important tick-borne diseases are Lyme disease and TBE (tick-borne encephalitis).
It's important to note that there is no vaccination against Lyme disease, so prevention is highly important!
It's important to note that there is no vaccination against Lyme disease, so prevention is highly important!
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The development and survival of ticks and the bacterium that causes Lyme disease are all strongly influenced by climatic factors, especially temperature, precipitation, and humidity.
The development and survival of ticks and the bacterium that causes Lyme disease are all strongly influenced by climatic factors, especially temperature, precipitation, and humidity.
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In regions where Lyme disease already exists, milder winters result in fewer disease-carrying ticks dying during winter. This can increase the overall tick population, which increases the risk of contracting dangerous diseases.
In regions where Lyme disease already exists, milder winters result in fewer disease-carrying ticks dying during winter. This can increase the overall tick population, which increases the risk of contracting dangerous diseases.
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Reported cases of these diseases more than tripled in the USA between 2004 and 2016, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Harvard Medical School Center's Study "Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological and Economic Dimensions"
Reported cases of these diseases more than tripled in the USA between 2004 and 2016, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Harvard Medical School Center's Study "Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological and Economic Dimensions"
shows that areas suitable for tick habitation will increase by 213% by the 2080s.
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It's good that we have SonicGuard against them!