Columbia researchers found the arachnids in outer-borough parks. Tick-borne illnesses have also increased dramatically in the city.
Ticks are spreading into new sections of New York City, bringing diseases with them as they infest parks, Columbia University researchers say.
She said Alley Pond Park, the second-largest park in Queens, is one of the most infested in the borough.The researchers conduct their tick census by dragging a white banner through wooded sections of parks. The ticks stick to the fabric and are plucked off with tweezers, put in tubes and tested for pathogens at a lab.Data from the city's health department shows that Lyme disease cases have also steadily risen. In 2000, there were 215 cases of Lyme disease in the city.
“Most NYC residents diagnosed with a tick-borne disease are infected when visiting grassy, wooded areas in upstate New York, Long Island and surrounding states. However, several types of ticks have been found in New York City,” the health department states on its She guessed that birds might have brought ticks to other deer-free areas, such as Prospect Park. A spokesperson for the Prospect Park Alliance disputed the Columbia ecologist’s research, saying no ticks had been found in the park.Ticks are mostly found in wooded areas, according to researchers.
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