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Working together on tick-borne diseases a 'matter of life and death'
Experts say more information on all the ways ticks make people ill in Pike County is desperately needed

PUBLISHED JUN 8, 2016 AT 12:57 PM (UPDATED JUN 9, 2016)

By Anya Tikka

DINGMAN TOWNSHIP — Tick-borne disease is spreading at an alarming rate, causing multiple and often misdiagnosed illnesses all over Pike County, local experts warn.

Mikki Weiss, chair of the Pike County Tick Borne Disease Task Force, and Dr. Robert Ollar, a microbiologist and researcher in the field, last month asked Dingman Township supervisors and the community for help gathering information about the different ways tick bites affect health. Weiss and Ollar described a frightening array of tick-borne illnesses that can resemble other neurological disorders, such as Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS), Alzheimer's, and rheumatoid arthritis

“It’s an epidemic around the world,” said Weiss.

Many local health professionals don’t know the facts, she said. And so much more attention is given to Ebola and Zika virus, which are far easier to suppress, she said.

"The facts are, tick borne disease untreated can kill you," Weiss said. "It can be transmitted to children. Children are born with it. You live with it. We have a very critical situation in our commonwealth.”