Wisconsin Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Ixodes scapularis adult female

Peromycus sp.
Taking measurements of Peromyscus sp. in the field
Checking for ticks on Peromyscus sp. in the field
Sherman trap
Xia with drag in woods Navarino

Welcome

This site is a collaboration between health professionals and biologists with research projects on tick-borne disease and tick control. The goal is to provide physicians and other health practitioners and Wisconsin citizens with the most current information we have concerning these issues in our state.

Spotlight Topics

  • Deer, predators, and the emergence of Lyme disease
  • Human Risk of Infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme Disease Agent, in Eastern United States, Duik-Wasser et al. 2012

RSS CDC – Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal

  • Toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans in Woman and Cat, A. Berger et al.
  • Bartonella clarridgeiae in Fleas, Tahiti, French Polynesia, T. Kernif et al.
  • Pulmonary Disease Associated with Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Oregon, USA, K.L. Winthrop et al.
  • Bartonella quintana Infections in Captive Monkeys, China, R. Huang et al.

Links

  • CDC Division of Vector-borne Diseases
  • CDC Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • The Wisconsin Department of Health Services Lyme disease
  • Wisconsin Department of Health Services Tick-borne diseases

Susan Paskewitz, Professor

Phone: 608-262-1269
Fax: 608-262-3322
E-mail: paskewit@entomology.wisc.edu

Address

739 Russell Labs
1630 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706

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