The featured data from University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab, which revealed that Hancock, Knox, Lincoln and Waldo counties are most likely to carry the three most common tick-borne illnesses in Maine, including Lyme disease. 鈥淲e don鈥檛 have a great answer as to why the Midcoast has become Maine鈥檚 tick hotspot,鈥 said Griffin Dill, 91福利 Extension integrated pest management professional. 鈥淭he area is quite similar to southern Maine: same climate, availability of animal hosts and habitat. 鈥 We are still trying to figure out how to explain it.鈥
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