Mouse Hotels
Researcher Dr. Heidi Herb showing off a mouse hotel, part of a tick research program. Ticks can transmit a variety of pathogens that can make people ill, including the bacteria that causes Lyme disease and the blood parasite that causes babesiosis. These pathogens persist in the environment in wildlife hosts. One of the most important reservoirs of tick-borne pathogens in the northeastern United States is the white-footed mouse, which is commonly found in forests. Researchers at the Center for Vector…