Community Question: Do you think ticks would be extremely active on a weekend such as the one upcoming, based on temperature and time of year?
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No More Camp Ticks!
Date: 07.01.2010
Whether their gone every day for a few hours, or for days to weeks at summer camp, parents generally fret over their kids safety when it comes to tick and mosquito bites at camp. Now’s the best time to Think TICK … and take a little ACTION before they go, to give your children the best protection possible….and give yourself a little piece of mind.
RI Senator Jack Reed hosted a press event at Hasbro Children's Hospital
Date: 06.29.2010
RI Senator Jack Reed hosted a press event on Lyme disease prevention Monday June 28 at 12 noon at Hasbro Children's Hospital. Senator Reed joined URI's Dr. Tom Mather, RI Hospital's Dr. Jerome Larkin and Dr. Penelope Dennehy to discuss new efforts for battling Lyme and other tick-transmitted diseases.
Richard Salit from The Providence Journal was in attendance and has released an article on projo.com about the meeting, "URI scientist says expect fewer ticks, Lyme disease this summer".
Current Tick Activity in the Northeast United States
July update: Deer Tick Nymphs are now in their PEAK SEASON! 1 in 5 Deer Tick Nymphs carry a tick-borne disease It's especially important to take preventive steps this month. Dog ticks are still common. It's important to keep up-to-date with what ticks are out so you can take the correct preventive measures to stop disease tranmission!
TickEncounter.org Widget Program
The goal of the TERC Widget initiative is to make it easier for your web site or individual blog to spread the word about tick-bite prevention strategies and tick awareness. It's simply a matter of choosing a design that will fit into your site which will then include an embedded hyperlink to a specific section on TickEncounter.org. |
Regional Tick Identification Chart
TERC's Tick Identification Chart is your best source for determining what type of tick you've found latched onto yourself. We've added several new features to our tick id chart: higher resolution images, seasonal chart data, known diseases transmitted, and regional tick abundance combined with additional species. |
Documentary Hidden in the Leaves now on DVD
Hidden in the Leaves, directed by award-winning filmmaker Mary Healey Jamiel, is the story of University of Rhode Island entomologist Thomas Mather and his team's efforts to help people see the risks for serious tick-transmitted disease lurking in an increasing number of rural, suburban and even semi-urban landscapes in the eastern United States. |
The life cycle of Babesia microti
Babesia are malaria-like parasites transmitted by blood feeding ticks. Watch TERC's 3 minute video on YouTube, demonstrating the life cycle of Babesia microti, starting in the blood of white-footed mice, ingested by deer ticks, and finally transmitted to humans through tick saliva. |
Tick Bite-ology: Tick bite process revealed
A dozen secrets about tick piercing, sucking, and pathogen transmission revealed. |
Tick Bite Locator for daily tick checks
The Tick Bite Locator is an application designed to teach you where different species of ticks tend to attach. Remember that daily tick checks are one of the best preventive measures you can take against tick-borne disease since ticks require more than more 24 hours to transmit disease. |
Monster's Inside Me: Animal Planet Series
Animal Planet interviewed Thomas Mather from our Tick Encounter Resource Center for their series "Monsters Inside Me". The show first aired on July 1, 2009 on Animal Planet. Dr. Mather was included in the episode on Babesiosis. |
Safely remove a tick with pointy tweezers
If you find a tick attached to you, a family member, or friend, there is a proven and proper method to perform a tick removal. Read or watch our step by step guide. |
Are you concerned about the serious health threat caused by ticks?
Would you like to make appropriate tick-borne diseases prevention programming more widely available? If you answered yes to these questions, please consider supporting the Tick Encounter Resource Center at the University of Rhode Island. Proceeds help support tick-bite prevention programs.