Lyme disease has tightened its grasp on the Northeast and Midwest, with a dramatic rise in the number of counties considered at high risk, a new government study finds.
The number of Northeast counties where the risk of Lyme disease is at least twice the national average skyrocketed from 43 in 1993-1997 to 182 in 2008-2012, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study. That’s an alarming jump of 323 percent.
In Maine, more than half of all counties are at high risk for the disease, spread by the bite of the eight-legged deer tick.
Source: More than half of Maine counties are at high risk for Lyme | Vital Signs
