Tick, tick, tick: Alaska braces for invading parasites

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska health and wildlife officials are taking steps to track undesirable parasites showing up in the state.
Researchers plan field work this summer to sample non-native ticks that could gain a foothold because of the warming climate.
University of Alaska Anchorage assistant professor Micah Hahn says non-native ticks can carry and transmit Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever other diseases.
She says it’s important to establish what ticks are in the st