On Monday, December 11 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Representative Rosemary Brown recognized the Northeast Wildlife DNA Laboratory at East Stroudsburg University for being a leader in tick testing and the prevention of Lyme disease and tick-borne illness on the state House floor.<\/p>\n
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection transmitted primarily by ticks. In the last six years, Pennsylvania ranked highest in the country in the number of confirmed cases of Lyme disease. The disease poses a serious threat to the quality of life of many Pennsylvanians and our visitors.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am extremely grateful for entities like the Northeast Wildlife DNA Laboratory at East Stroudsburg University, and the work they do on such an important public issue,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lab was founded in 2005 as an extension of the Biological Sciences Department of ESU. Since then, it has been established as one of the leading tick-testing laboratories in the state that provides tick-borne pathogen identification to the public,\u201d Brown said. \u201cThey test thousands of tick species and infection rates, and it is one of two major tick-testing facilities in the U.S. that provides comprehensive research data on tick-borne pathogens across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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