Lyme Disease Due To Be On Rise This Spring

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Another wet spring day following a mild winter. Biologists are predicting an explosion of ticks in Maryland. Denise Koch has more on how those ticks are fueling an epidemic of Lyme disease.
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene says Lyme disease is the most commonly reported tick-borne disease in Maryland.
In 2015, more than 1,700 cases of Lyme disease were reported in the state, according to Maryland DHMH.
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