Guest guest Posted July 13, 1999 Report Share Posted July 13, 1999 Message: 16 Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 13:52:34 -0400 From: " J & M McCoy " <mlmccoy@...> Subject: Re: Dangerous Pest of Suburbs Is More and More at Home >I was stunned this morning when I read something on the Lyme >newsgroup that indicated that the tick need NOT feed on deer or >mice in order to pick up the bacteria, if the mother tick is >infected she can pass them through to the millions of eggs that >she lays, and they get the disease congenitally, I wonder about it too, Marta, but if we can pass it on to newborns, it does make sense. Here's something to think about. Suppose an UNinfected tick feeds off of someone who has Lyme - does the tick become infected? Can it then transmit it to it's next victim? The whole thing is very scary and someone better start taking it very seriously before we have an entire nation of disabled citizens! > The first paragraph of the article about ticks drifting down from > the trees on to plates of pasta to the horror of dinner guests, > was also questionable, I thought the habitat for ticks was high > grasses and leafy areas on the ground. Not sure that was so > accurate either....but I hesitate to criticize any article they > publish about Lyme unless it is totally erroneous, > Marta (NJ) I'm afraid it's could well be true, Marta. Maybe this used to be the habitat for ticks, but with so many this year, I fear that has changed. I say that because at least two of the " crawling " ticks Skip has found on himself fell from trees. He felt something hit him from above, felt around, and there they were - both times. I'm not saying this is true everywhere, but the trees are raining ticks here at my home. Arrrrrrrgh! Hugs, Patty (MD) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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