BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – When University of Vermont entomologist Cheryl Frank Sullivan surveyed 585 northern New England crop farmers two years ago, 90 percent reported they’d spotted ticks crawling on their bodies or clothing.
Her results confirmed a common sense assumption: Farmers, whose livelihood requires time in fields and woods, are particularly susceptible to tick bites, and thus Lyme disease.
Darren Perron spoke with Seven Days’ Anne Wallace Allen, who wrote about her research and others in this week’s issue.