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2024 National Tick Awareness Month Kick-Off Webinar
March 1, 2024 at 12:00 PM - March 1, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Join us on Friday, March 1, 2024, from 12 – 1 p.m. EST for a live webinar with Dr. Heather Coatsworth (PHAC) and Ms. Amal El Nabbout (Dalhousie University).
Dr. Coatsworth will review tick surveillance in Canada, how tick and tick-borne disease distribution is changing, including emerging pathogens and potential drivers for this change. Ms. El Nabbout, lead author of a recently published Canadian study focused on cold tolerance of Ixodes scapularis infected with Borrelia Burgdorferi, will share the importance of being vigilant of tick risk, especially during colder months. There will be a review on how ticks infected with tick-borne pathogens, like Borrelia burgdoferi, may be making ticks “fitter” and how this impacts our risk in Canada.