OLLI-NATR-6010 - Ticks & Tick-Borne Diseases in New Hampshire 

Course Description

New Hampshire has eight known locally-transmitted vector-borne diseases: three mosquito-borne and five tick-borne. As part of this course, participants will be exposed to information on the status of tick-borne diseases in NH. Participants will learn what species of ticks are primarily responsible for disease transmission in the state, where these ticks can often be found and what steps individuals can take to mitigate human-tick encounters. Participants will also learn about the status of the various tick-borne diseases that are locally transmitted in the state, including information on how these pathogens present, how these pathogens are transmitted and when these pathogens are most commonly acquired.