Ticks are migrating, but scant surveillance may leave doctors in the dark on patient treatment

Aug 20, 2025 - 16:01
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Ticks are migrating, but scant surveillance may leave doctors in the dark on patient treatment
Carroll College professor of biology Grant Hokit drags a white cloth through brush outside of Condon, Mont., looking for ticks. Hokit surveys for ticks statewide for the Montana health department.

Health departments struggle to adequately survey for ticks to warn doctors about new species and the diseases they carry.  

(Image credit: Aaron Bolton)

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