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New Canaan health officials report rise in tick submissions, urge thorough tick checks
Summary
At a June meeting of the Town Council committee on health, the New Canaan Health Department said tick submissions have increased, described how the town screens ticks before sending deer ticks to the state lab, and urged residents to perform regular tick checks and shower after outdoor activity.
Amy Lahnini, the new director of health for New Canaan, told the Town Council Committee on Health and Human Services that the health department has seen an increase in residents bringing suspected ticks to the health office and that the department is doing preliminary identification before sending deer ticks to the state laboratory for testing.
Lahnini said the department is trying to “unburden the state” by identifying non-deer ticks in-house and sending only deer ticks — the species the state lab tests for — to the state. She explained the state tests deer ticks for multiple pathogens, not only Lyme disease, and that results can…
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