% TEJANI, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
% >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.%>> I
N OTHER NEWS, TICK
% POPULATIONS IN WISCONSIN HAVE
% BEEN GROWING SLOWLY FOR DECADES.
% THIS SPRING, HOWEVER, NEW AND
% EARLY ACTIVITY HAS THE ATTENTION
% OF SCIENTISTS WHO STUDY THESE
% TINY CARRIERS OF DISEASE.
% MARISA WOJCIK TOOK A WALK IN THE
% WOODS WITH DIRECTOR OF THE UPPER
% MIDWESTERN CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
% IS FOR VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE,
% SUSAN PASKEWITZ, TO LEARN MORE.
% >> WE'RE SEEING MORE TICKS IN
% MORE PLACES.
% >> SUSAN PASKEWITZ'S JOB IS TO
% SEEK OUT THE CRAWLING CREATURES
% THAT MAKE THE REST OF US CRINGE.
% TICKS.
% >> THEY'VE INVADED A LOT OF
% LOCATIONS IN THE STATE WHERE WE
% DIDN'T USED TO BE ABLE TO FIND
% THEM AND THAT'S PARTICULARLY
% DOWN IN THE SOUTHERN QUARTER AND
% THEN THE EASTERN, SAY, QUARTER
% TO THIRD OF THE STATE EXPERT
% IMMATURE STAGES ARE GOING TO BE
% REALLY LOW SO DOWN HERE IN THE
% LEAF LITTER, THEY MAY BE UP ON
% TOP OF THIS VEGETATION, AND OUR
% RESEARCH REALLY FOCUSES ON WHAT
% INCREASES PEOPLE'S RISK OF
% EXPOSURE AND THEN, TWO, WHAT CAN
% WE DO ABOUT IT.
% >> SHE DRAGS HER WHITE CANVAS
% OVER THE FOREST FLOOR TO FIND
% THESE MINUTE E MINUSCULE SPARE .
% >> THEY ARE IN WOODED LOCATIONS.
% >> AND THE RESEARCH POINTS TO A
% GROWING POPULATION.%>> 10, 2
0 YEARS AGO, MAYBE 50 OF
% THE 72 WISCONSIN COUNTIES HAD AN
% ESTABLISHED POPULATION OF DEER
% TICKS AND NOW THERE'S ONLY ONE
% COUNTY WHERE WE DON'T FINDS
% THEM.% >> WHILE THAT GROWTH
HAS TAKEN
% DECADES, THIS SPRING, THERE'S A
% NEW DEVELOPMENT.
% >> ONE NEW THING WE'VE SEEN THIS
% YEAR IS EARLIER ACTIVITY OF THE
% JUVENILE STAGE THAT WE CALL A
% NYMPH.%>> OR, AS SHE REFERRED
TO THEM,
% TEENAGER TICKS.
% >> THE NYMPHS ARE THE MOST
% IMPORTANT STAGE IN TERMS OF
% DISEASE TRANSMISSION AND WE
% THINK THAT THAT'S BECAUSE
% THEY'RE SO MUCH SMALLER THAN THE
% ADULT DEER TICKS.
% >> DEER TICKS ARE THE SMALLEST
% AND MOST COMMONLY KNOWN TO
% SPREAD LYME DISEASE.
% >> ADULT DEER TICKS ARE BIG
% ENOUGH SO THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
% FEEL THEM WHEN THEY'RE CRAWLING
% ON YOU, USUALLY, OR EVEN IF YOU
% DON'T, WHEN YOU'RE CHECKING YOUR
% BODY, YOU MAY FEEL A LITTLE LUMP
% AND SO YOU RECOGNIZE AND YOU CAN
% REMOVE THOSE QUICKLY.
% THE NYMPHS, THOUGH, THEY REALLY
% DON'T TRIGGER ANY KIND OF A
% RESPONSE.%YOU DON'T FEEL THE
M MOVING ON SO
% YOU AND THEY'RE SO SMALL, LIKE
% THE SIZE OF A POPPY SEED OR
% SMALL FRECKLE, BUT THEY ARE
% ACTUALLY HARD TO DETECT ON YOUR
% BODY.
% >> THE EARLIER ACTIVITY OF THE
% NYMPH MEANS MORE CHANCES TO
% SPREAD LYME.
% >> THIS YEAR, WE SAW NYMPHS IN
% MIDDLE MAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SO
% A GOOD WEEK TO TWO WEEKS BEFORE
% WE'D USUALLY BE ABLE TO PICK
% THEM UP, AND THAT IS PROBABLY
% RELATED TO WARMER SPRINGS,
% WARMER TEMPERATURES AND THEY'RE
% GETTING ACTIVE EARLIER.
% >> IN TERMS OF LYME DISEASE,
% WHICH IS THE DISEASE THAT WE SEE
% THE MOST ANAHEIM CASES IN OUR
% STATE -- HUMAN CASES IN OUR
% STATE, WE'VE BEEN SEEING A
% STEADY INCREASE.
% I THINK LAST YEAR, IT WAS OVER
% 4,000 CASES THAT WERE REPORTED
% TO THE STATE.
% >> LYME DISEASE IS USUALLY
% SPOTTED BY A TELLTALE SIGN.
% >> FOR PEOPLE WHO GET A
% BULL'S-EYE RASH AT THE SITE OF
% THE TICK BITE OR DOESN'T ALWAYS
% LOOK LIKE A BULL'S-EYE BUT A
% LARGE RASH THERE, IT'S NOT HARD.
% A DOCTOR WILL KNOW RIGHT AWAY
% WHAT THAT IS AND HOW TO TREAT
% IT.
% >> TO HELP THE HUMAN TUSSLE WITH
% TICKS, THEY'RE USING TECHNOLOGY.
% >> THE TICK APP IS A RESEARCH
% TOOL THAT WE DEVELOPED TO BOTH
% EDUCATE PEOPLE AND LEARN MORE
% ABOUT WHERE TICKS AND LYME
% DISEASE ARE BEING FOUND.
% >> YOU'D HAVE THIS OPTION, IF
% YOU DID GET ANY TICKS ON YOU, TO
% TAKE PICTURES, SEND THEM
% DIRECTLY TO THE SCIENTISTS.
% WE CAN IDENTIFY THEM, GIVE YOU
% AN ESTIMATE FOR HOW LONG THE
% TICK HAS BEEN FEEDING AND THEN
% MAKE SOME SUGGESTIONS ABOUT WHAT
% YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO AS YOUR
% NEXT STEPS.
% IT ALSO HAS SOME REALLY GREAT
% INFORMATION IN IT THAT YOU CAN
% USE TO IDENTIFY THE TICK
% YOURSELF.% >> AND PERHAPS O
NE DAY HARNESS
% MACHINE LEARNING TO IDENTIFY
% TICKS.%IN THE MEANTIME, RESEA
RCHERS
% LIKE PASKEWITZ ARE ALSO LEARNING
% ABOUT HUMANS.
% >> SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE
% LEARNED FROM OUR TICK APP TOOL
% ARE THAT PEOPLE MAYBE DON'T
% REALLY REALIZE WHERE THEY'RE
% BEING EXPOSED TO TICKS.
% AN ADULT TICK WOULDN'T BE ON YOU
% FOR MORE THAN A WEEK, SEVEN
% DAYS, AND YET WE HAVE PEOPLE
% TELLING US THAT THEY PICKED UP
% TICKS IN PLACES THAT THEY
% VISITED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
% MANY PEOPLE ARE IMAGINING THAT
% IT'S WHEN THEY GO TO THEIR
% CABINS OR WHEN THEY'RE OUT IN
% THE WOODS HIKING, INSTEAD OF IN
% THEIR OWN YARDS.
% IN SPITE OF ALL THIS, THAT
% DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU STILL
% CAN'T GET OUTDOORS.
% >> WE CERTAINLY WANT PEOPLE TO
% BE OUT ENJOYING OUR BEAUTIFUL
% WOODS IN WISCONSIN AND NOT TO BE
% AFRAID TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF
% TICKS, BUT THEY SHOULD JUST TAKE
% THE PRECAUTIONS TO MAKE SURE
% THAT THEY, THEIR KIDS, THEIR
% PETS ARE PROTECTED.
% WEARING LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING
% SO THAT IF YOU GET A TICK ON
% YOU, YOU'D BE ABLE TO SEE IT
% AGAINST THAT BACKGROUND.
% IF YOU POTENTIALLY HAVE SOME
% TICKS THAT ARE ON THE CLOTHING
% THAT MAYBE YOU DON'T SEE, IF YOU
% PUT THEM IN THE DRIER AT A HIGH
% TEMPERATURE FOR 20, 30 MINUTES
% THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
% WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT PEOPLE
% USE A REPELLANT AND THAT CAN BE
% THE SAME KIND OF REPELLANTS THAT
% YOU USE FOR MOSQUITO PREVENTION,
% AND THEN DO A SHOWER WHERE
% YOU'RE JUST REMOVING ANYTHING
% THAT MIGHT BE ON EUROPE PERSON,
% PERHAPS NOT -- YOUR PERSON,
% PERHAPS NOT YET ATTACHED AND
% TRYING TO FEED.
% >> REPORTING FROM THE WOODS, I'M