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Climate change may be reason ticks are spreading across Canada

2013-05-31 22:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Global News: Rising temperatures in Canada may be creating a safe haven for disease-carrying ticks, allowing them to spread across the country. According to the Canada Communicable Disease Report (2008), in the early 1990s, only one population of Ixodes scapularis tick (also known as the blacklegged tick), responsible for spreading Lyme disease, was known to exist. It was found on the north shore of Lake Erie, at Long Point. However, that is no longer the case. In fact, today, the blacklegged tick can be...

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