Current & Upcoming
Educator Workshop: Exploring the Ecology of Lyme Disease
Jun 14, 2023 9:00AM—Jun 15, 2023 4:00PM
The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave Wilmot, OH 44689
Lyme Disease is the most common vector-borne illness in the United States, affecting approximately 450,000 people each year. It is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, a spirochete bacterium that is passed between wildlife and humans by the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis, Figure 1). Surprisingly little is known about the prevalence of B. burgdorferi infection among ticks…
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