The and reported on a University of º£½ÇÉçÇø and º£½ÇÉçÇø Medical Center study illustrating how Lyme disease-causing ticks have increased in º£½ÇÉçÇø. The researchers suggested that the emergence of blacklegged ticks in the Holt Research Forest could be linked in part to climate change and an increase in the local population of white-tailed deer, the primary blood meal host for adult ticks.
