Tick-borne ills on decrease in southern N.J.

[Teegate]

http://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/newjersey/nj_politics/story/7492338p-7387997c.html


Guy

 

[Boyd]

Just yesterday I realized that I haven't even seen a tick in the past couple weeks. It's been really dry around my place, so maybe that has something to do with it. I haven't been out in the woods anywhere else recently... are the ticks still bad in Burlington County?

 

[piker56]

I haven't noticed any in Winslow area either, but I still keep out of the high grass. Last week we camped in Virginia (Eastern Shore on the Chesepeake) and there were some ticks, but not a lot.

 

[Sue Gremlin]

My coworker has been out all week, he has been diagnosed with ehrlichiosis and is really very sick. I didn't even think people GOT ehrlichiosis, but I guess we do. Scary stuff. (I think he was in Mass at the time he picked up the tick).

 

[Boyd]

Evidently it does happen, as discussed previously here: http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/showthread.php?t=2749 and http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/showthread.php?t=1882

 

[Teegate]

There certainly less of them for some reason. This occurred in previous years around this time. But we still need to be vigilant. I had one embedded in my back last week that we had to remove.

Guy

 

[james ungehajer]

I was in Ocean and Burlington Counties today, no ticks.

 

[Buck]

I picked up two while picking wild blueberries on my property in Ocean County, though my two kids got none. I felt them crawling and brushed them off. Also got some nasty chigger bites. I had sprayed my kids with deet, but forgot to spray myself.
This is my first summer in a new house, and I was afraid the ticks would be a bad problem. Thankfully, they haven't been as bad as I expected.