IDPH Interactive Tick Surveillance Map

Illinois Department of Public Health - IDPH has partnered with the Illinois Natural History Survey - INHS at University of Illinois to begin full-time active tick surveillance in the State of Illinois. This collection of information is extremely important and is found on IDPH new integrative Tick Surveillance Map. It can be a great resource for the medical community to keep up to date on what pathogens are being found.

As of the latest update of 1-25-21, of the ticks collected, Illinois is at an average of 43% positive for Lyme Disease. Winnebago County is the highest at 71% of the ticks collected are positive for Lyme Disease. This is extremely alarming and puts an urgency to the public to be sure to know how to protect yourself and your family from tick bites.

“Unfortunately, Illinois is still listed as a low incident state by the Center of Disease Control - CDC, which may give providers and the public a false sense that there is little to no risk.” said ILA Executive Director, Jennifer Russell

Links to to this map can be found on our home page and below.