Lyme illness: Huge tick-killing effort fails to cut back unfold of illness

Killing ticks in an space reduces the quantity carrying the primary bacterium that causes Lyme illness, however a big examine discovered it doesn’t result in fewer reviews of individuals getting sick

By James Dinneen

Tick-killing chemical compounds might not be sufficient to cut back charges of Lyme illness and different tick-borne ailments on their very own. The most important examine of its form on utilizing tick management to forestall illness discovered killing ticks diminished the quantity and proportion of ticks carrying the primary bacterium that causes Lyme illness (Borrelia burgdorferi), however didn’t result in fewer reviews of individuals getting sick.

Charges of Lyme illness within the US have elevated several-fold in …