Monday, February 20, 2012

New Lyme Disease risk map

This makes hunting in Wisconsin seem somehow less attractive.

The text from the AP press release reads:
This map released by the Yale School of Public Health on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 shows a map which indicates areas of the eastern United States where people have the highest risk of contracting Lyme disease based on data from 2004-2007. Researchers dragged sheets of fabric through the woods to snag ticks for the survey. The map shows a clear risk across much of the Northeast, from Maine to northern Virginia. Researchers at Yale University also identified a high-risk region across most of Wisconsin, northern Minnesota and a sliver of northern Illinois. Areas highlighted as "emerging risk" regions include the Illinois-Indiana border, the New York-Vermont border, southwestern Michigan and eastern North Dakota. (AP Graphic/Yale School of Public Health, Maria Diuk-Wasser).
Oh well.

3 comments:

Vicar(ious) said...

Say 'ya' to da UP, eh?

KGT (aka Cagey) said...

Finger Lakes look nice, though...

Alex Metcalf said...

Montana looks good. Come visit.