2018 Research Live! Lee Ann Lyons - Fighting the Uptick in Tick-Borne Diseas

Lee Ann shares how her tick surveillance tells us Illinois is being invaded by Gulf Coast Ticks. She is a third year PhD student in the Pathobiology Department and has a doctor of veterinary medicine and a master’s in public health. Her primary areas of interest are epidemiology of zoonotic diseases, specifically tick-borne diseases, and their relationship to public health. She is the coordinator of the Illinois Tick Inventory Collaboration Network. Research Live!

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