ILA collaborates with the INHS Medical Entomology Lab to bring you an informational video on how ticks are tested in the lab for diseases and pathogens. This process is important because it can give insight on the spread of various tick-borne diseases throughout Illinois and what ticks are the main carriers.
Learn how to apply permethrin and get protection against ticks from Holly Tuten, Ph.D., vector ecologist at INHS Medical Entomology Lab at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.