‘Aggressive’ Tick Species Is Expanding Its Reach In NJ
A newly released report says the tick bites humans and carries diseases. It’s expanded its reach in NJ, and not just during the summer.
NEW JERSEY — The lone star tick, an aggressive pest that carries several human diseases, is rapidly expanding across the Northeast, including in New Jersey, according to a study released this week.
The tick’s range previously reached no further north than South Jersey, but there are now established populations farther north, according to scientists at Center for Vector Biology and Zoonotic Diseases and Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-borne Diseases.
In the New England Journal of Medicine, the researchers wrote that in addition to expanding the tick’s range, climate change may also lengthen the pest’s active season.
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