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<div>To: <a href=3D"mailto:naturens@ --_000_YQXPR0101MB221445056725EE9F5ACCE84D92570YQXPR0101MB2214_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Apologies for starting a new string, For reasons I cant figure out, I can'= t reply to NatureNS at the e-mail address I receive it, and I dont receive = it at this e-mail address but I can post to NatureNS. So for context, at th= e bottom of this message. I have pasted in the string on ticks started by = DW I think we need to ask what is it about NS that is so favourable to ticks, = rather than how did they get here. There is an excellent overview of the spread of lyme and factors affecting = it in "Ticks rising" ("In a warming world, ticks thrive in more places than ever = before, making Lyme disease the first epidemic of climate change") by Mary = Beth Pfeiffer "an investigative journalist for three decades, began reporti= ng on Lyme disease in 2012 for the Poughkeepsie Journal. Her latest book is= Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change (2018)." Posted on aeon.co Apr = 2, 2018 EXCERPTS "Lyme disease has a singular distinction. It is an illness spread by ticks,= the EPA report states, whose =18 populations are influenced by many factor= s, including climate=19. "In states from Maine to Florida and New York to California, across the bre= adth of southern Canada and in many parts of Europe, once-sweeping woodland= s have been reduced and divided, often into idealised forest fragments at t= he periphery of residential tracts =13 places where people can be close to,= support and observe wildlife. Multitudes live, work and play in or near th= ese green spaces in a new epoch tentatively called the Anthropocene, the er= a marked by the hand of humanity. The irony is that these adulterated slice= s of nature and de facto nature preserves are incubators, in many of these = places, of Lyme disease. The smaller the patch, in fact, the higher the pro= portion of diseased ticks, as documented in a study in Dutchess County, New= York, where the per-capita rate of Lyme disease is among the world=19 s hi= ghest. "In these fragments, small mammals, such as white-footed mice in North Amer= ica and garden dormice in Europe, have found havens, thriving in the absenc= e of predators such as foxes. In the language of tick-borne disease, the mo= use is quaintly called a =18 host=19 for ticks and a =18 reservoir=19 of Ly= me disease, the place where baby ticks, almost too small to be seen, get th= eir first sip of infection. In city parks, suburban tracts and exurban pres= erves, people come skin-to-skin with these ticks. In scores of studies, oth= er environmental factors besides climate change, many controlled by human b= eings, are pointed to as drivers of this epidemic. The slicing and dicing o= f forests, and the loss of biodiversity that followed, is surely high on a = complex and evolving list. "But while there is no single explanation for the 20th-century emergence of= Lyme disease, there is ample evidence that climate change has played no sm= all part. ..." and then there is lots more on climate warming The string started by DW: * pce@accesswave.ca<mailto:pce@accesswave.ca> * * Today at 8:02 AM To * naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Message body There's a map of Lyme Disease risk areas on a federal government web page, = here: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/lyme-disease/risk-= lyme-disease.html#map Risk of Lyme disease to Canadians - Canada.ca<https://www.canada.ca/en/publ= ic-health/services/diseases/lyme-disease/risk-lyme-disease.html#map> www.canada.ca Learn about the risks of getting Lyme disease and where in Canada you are m= ost at risk. perhaps a little out of date, and a more detailed one for Nova Scotia, here= : https://novascotia.ca/dhw/CDPC/lyme.asp Communicable Diseases - Lyme Disease | novascotia.ca<https://novascotia.ca/= dhw/CDPC/lyme.asp> novascotia.ca Where are the risk areas for Lyme disease in Nova Scotia? Blacklegged ticks= survive best in areas that provide a moist habitat, such as wooded or fore= sted areas, because the trees provide shade, and leaves provide protective = ground cover. Just wondering: Do blacklegged ticks really use birds as a means of dispers= al? That story about birds bringing them into NS doesn't pass the smell tes= t. --- Peter Payzant On 2018-06-15 8:43 AM, Bev Wigney wrote: John -- Is there a particular migratory path that leads to Nova Scotia? I'= m thinking of how there are some bad tick hotspots on the coastal parts of = the eastern U.S. (like New Jersey) and maybe the birds that pass through th= ose particular areas are the ones coming here. Also, I'm wondering about t= he accuracy of the info about ticks with Lyme being worse here. I believe = I saw a map not long ago -- maybe on the CBC website -- showing that New Br= unswick has some comparably bad Lyme hotspots. By the way -- so far, this is turning out to be quite a ticky summer around= my place and I'm hearing much the same from friends around here (Annapolis= Royal). Normally, the ticks seem to be less by the beginning of July. Ho= pe that will be the case this summer. Bev On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 8:07 AM, John Kearney <john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca= <mailto:john.kearney@ns.sympatico.ca>> wrote: Hi David and all, That=92s a very good question. I=92ve heard the same reason given for why w= e have the Hemlock Woolley Adelgid in Nova Scotia but not in northern Maine= and New Brunswick. I=92m not aware of any evidence indicating that more sp= ring migrants fly to Nova Scotia than Maine or New Brunswick. John From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> <= naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> > On Be= half Of David Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2018 17:10 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Subject: [NatureNS] Lyme disease Dear All, In the July issue of Maclean's (p.17) are interesting data on Lyme dise= ase incidence in Canada. The much higher incidence in NS, 21.5 times as hig= h as the average incidence in the other nine provinces, is attributed to "c= limate and the large number of migratory birds carrying ticks from the US." I don't follow why NS would be hit the hardest. Yt, DW --_000_YQXPR0101MB221445056725EE9F5ACCE84D92570YQXPR0101MB2214_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"><!-- P {margin-top:0;margi= n-bottom:0;} --></style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <div id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" style=3D"font-size:12pt;color:#000000;font= -family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;" dir=3D"ltr"> <div> <div class=3D"x_gmail_extra"> <div class=3D"x_gmail_quote"> <blockquote class=3D"x_gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left= :1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex"> <span style=3D"font-size: 9pt;">Apologies for starting a new string, = For reasons I cant figure out, I can't reply to NatureNS at the e-mail addr= ess I receive it, and I dont receive it at this e-mail address but I can po= st to NatureNS. So for context, <span style=3D"font-family: Calibri, H= elvetica, sans-serif, Helvetica, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", = "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", &q= uot;Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 12px;">at the bottom of this message.</span> I have pasted in the string on ti= cks started by DW </span></blockquote> <blockquote class=3D"x_gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left= :1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex"> <br> </blockquote> <blockquote class=3D"x_gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left= :1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex"> I think we need to ask what is it about NS that is so favourable to ticks, = rather than how did they get here.</blockquote> <blockquote class=3D"x_gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left= :1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex"> <br> </blockquote> <blockquote class=3D"x_gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left= :1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex"> There is an excellent overview of the spread of lyme and factors affecting = it in </blockquote> <blockquote class=3D"x_gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left= :1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex"> <br> </blockquote> <blockquote class=3D"x_gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left= :1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex"> <span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; te= xt-size-adjust: auto;"><b>"Ticks rising"</b> ("In a war= ming world, ticks thrive in more places than ever before, making Lyme disea= se the first epidemic of climate change") by Mary Beth Pfeiffer "an investigative journalist for three decades, began report= ing on Lyme disease in 2012 for the Poughkeepsie Journal. Her latest book i= s Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change (2018)." Posted on aeon.c= o Apr 2, 2018 </span></blockquote> <blockquote class=3D"x_gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left= :1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex"> <span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; te= xt-size-adjust: auto;"><br> </span></blockquote> <blockquote class=3D"x_gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left= :1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex"> <span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; te= xt-size-adjust: auto;">EXCERPTS</span></blockquote> <blockquote class=3D"x_gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left= :1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex"> <span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; te= xt-size-adjust: auto;"><br> </span></blockquote> <blockquote class=3D"x_gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left= :1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex"> <span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; te= xt-size-adjust: auto;">"Lyme disease has a singular distinction. It is= an illness spread by ticks, the EPA report states, whose  populations= are influenced by many factors, including climate.</span><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -= webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"> <br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text= -size-adjust: auto;"> <span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; te= xt-size-adjust: auto;">"In states from Maine to Florida and New York t= o California, across the breadth of southern Canada and in many parts of Eu= rope, once-sweeping woodlands have been reduced and divided, often into idealised forest fragments at the peripher= y of residential tracts  places where people can be close to, support = and observe wildlife. Multitudes live, work and play in or near these green= spaces in a new epoch tentatively called the Anthropocene, the era marked by the hand of humanity. The irony is tha= t these adulterated slices of nature and de facto nature preserves are incu= bators, in many of these places, of Lyme disease. The smaller the patch, in= fact, the higher the proportion of diseased ticks, as documented in a study in Dutchess County, New York, = where the per-capita rate of Lyme disease is among the world s highest= .</span><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standa= rd; text-size-adjust: auto;"> <br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text= -size-adjust: auto;"> <span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; te= xt-size-adjust: auto;">"In these fragments, small mammals, such as whi= te-footed mice in North America and garden dormice in Europe, have found ha= vens, thriving in the absence of predators such as foxes. In the language of tick-borne disease, the mouse is quaintl= y called a  host for ticks and a  reservoir of Lyme dis= ease, the place where baby ticks, almost too small to be seen, get their fi= rst sip of infection. In city parks, suburban tracts and exurban preserves, people come skin-to-skin with these ticks. <b>In sc= ores of studies, other environmental factors besides climate change, many c= ontrolled by human beings, are pointed to as drivers of this epidemic. The = slicing and dicing of forests, and the loss of biodiversity that followed, is surely high on a complex and ev= olving list. </b></span></blockquote> <blockquote class=3D"x_gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left= :1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex"> <span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; te= xt-size-adjust: auto;"><br> </span></blockquote> <blockquote class=3D"x_gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left= :1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex"> <span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; te= xt-size-adjust: auto;">"But while there is no single explanation for t= he 20th-century emergence of Lyme disease, <b>there is ample evidence that climate change has played no small part</b>= . ..." and then there is lots more on climate warming</span><br> </blockquote> <blockquote class=3D"x_gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left= :1px #ccc solid; padding-left:1ex"> <br> </blockquote> <blockquote class=3D"x_gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex; 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colo= r: rgb(0, 120, 215); font-weight: 400; font-size: 21px; font-family: wf_seg= oe-ui_light, "Segoe UI Light", "Segoe WP Light", "= Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; line-heigh= t: 21px;"> <a id=3D"LPUrlAnchor_15290662421740.8336238384857648" href=3D"https://www.c= anada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/lyme-disease/risk-lyme-disease.= html#map" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"text-decoration: none;">Risk of Lyme d= isease to Canadians - Canada.ca</a></div> <div id=3D"LPMetadata_15290662421750.4581113928205378" style=3D"margin: 10p= x 0px 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: wf_se= goe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, s= ans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;"> www.canada.ca</div> <div id=3D"LPDescription_15290662421750.4158420656366266" style=3D"display:= block; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: wf_segoe-= ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-= serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; max-height: 100px; overflow: hid= den;"> Learn about the risks of getting Lyme disease and where in Canada you are m= ost at risk.</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <br> <br clear=3D"none"> <br clear=3D"none"> perhaps a little out of date, and a more detailed one for Nova Scotia, here= : <br clear=3D"none"> <br clear=3D"none"> <a rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"https://novasc= otia.ca/dhw/CDPC/lyme.asp" id=3D"LPlnk697734" style=3D"margin: 0px; padding= : 0px; background: transparent; color: rgb(25, 106, 212); outline: none;" c= lass=3D"OWAAutoLink" previewremoved=3D"true">https://novascotia.ca/dhw/CDPC= /lyme.asp</a> <div id=3D"LPBorder_GT_15290662725760.8285281191588696" style=3D"margin-bot= tom: 20px; overflow: auto; width: 100%; text-indent: 0px;"> <table id=3D"LPContainer_15290662725720.3058768024454406" role=3D"presentat= ion" cellspacing=3D"0" style=3D"width: 90%; background-color: rgb(255, 255,= 255); position: relative; overflow: auto; padding-top: 20px; padding-botto= m: 20px; margin-top: 20px; border-top: 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200); borde= r-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200);"> <tbody> <tr valign=3D"top" style=3D"border-spacing: 0px;"> <td id=3D"TextCell_15290662725730.572031606234793" colspan=3D"2" style=3D"v= ertical-align: top; position: relative; padding: 0px; display: table-cell;"= > <div id=3D"LPRemovePreviewContainer_15290662725740.3842975989106745"></div> <div id=3D"LPTitle_15290662725740.7817069336795799" style=3D"top: 0px; colo= r: rgb(0, 120, 215); font-weight: 400; font-size: 21px; font-family: wf_seg= oe-ui_light, "Segoe UI Light", "Segoe WP Light", "= Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; line-heigh= t: 21px;"> <a id=3D"LPUrlAnchor_15290662725740.8867117761760204" href=3D"https://novas= cotia.ca/dhw/CDPC/lyme.asp" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"text-decoration: non= e;">Communicable Diseases - Lyme Disease | novascotia.ca</a></div> <div id=3D"LPMetadata_15290662725740.6843877209102827" style=3D"margin: 10p= x 0px 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: wf_se= goe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, s= ans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;"> novascotia.ca</div> <div id=3D"LPDescription_15290662725750.9126497375970677" style=3D"display:= block; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: wf_segoe-= ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-= serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; max-height: 100px; overflow: hid= den;"> Where are the risk areas for Lyme disease in Nova Scotia? Blacklegged ticks= survive best in areas that provide a moist habitat, such as wooded or fore= sted areas, because the trees provide shade, and leaves provide protective = ground cover.</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <br> <br clear=3D"none"> <br clear=3D"none"> Just wondering: Do blacklegged ticks really use birds as a means of dispers= al? That story about birds bringing them into NS doesn't pass the smell tes= t.<br clear=3D"none"> <br clear=3D"none"> --- Peter Payzant<br clear=3D"none"> <br clear=3D"none"> <br clear=3D"none"> <div class=3D"yiv6588833156yqt4972128006" id=3D"yiv6588833156yqt35882"> <div class=3D"yiv6588833156moz-cite-prefix" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065= 853713_8425"> On 2018-06-15 8:43 AM, Bev Wigney wrote:<br clear=3D"none"> </div> <blockquote type=3D"cite" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8427" style= =3D"margin: 1em;"> <div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8426">John -- Is the= re a particular migratory path that leads to Nova Scotia? I'm thinkin= g of how there are some bad tick hotspots on the coastal parts of the easte= rn U.S. (like New Jersey) and maybe the birds that pass through those particular areas are the ones coming here. A= lso, I'm wondering about the accuracy of the info about ticks with Lyme bei= ng worse here. I believe I saw a map not long ago -- maybe on the CBC= website -- showing that New Brunswick has some comparably bad Lyme hotspots. <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8428">By the way -- so far, this= is turning out to be quite a ticky summer around my place and I'm hearing = much the same from friends around here (Annapolis Royal). Normally, t= he ticks seem to be less by the beginning of July. Hope that will be the case this summer. <br clear=3D"= none"> <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8430"> <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8456"><br clear=3D"none"> </div> <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8429">Bev</div> </div> </div> <div class=3D"yiv6588833156gmail_extra" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15290658537= 13_8432"><br clear=3D"none"> <div class=3D"yiv6588833156gmail_quote" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_15290658537= 13_8431">On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 8:07 AM, John Kearney <span dir=3D"lt= r"><<a rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:john.kearney@ns= .sympatico.ca" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:john.kearney@ns.sympatico.c= a" style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: initial; backgroun= d-" id=3D"LPlnk270333" class=3D"OWAAutoLink" previewremoved=3D"true">john.k= earney@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br clear=3D"none"> <blockquote class=3D"yiv6588833156gmail_quote" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529= 065853713_8438" style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid = rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div lang=3D"EN-CA" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8437"> <div class=3D"yiv6588833156m_-8476095248633839924WordSection1" id=3D"yui_3_= 16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8436"> <p class=3D"yiv6588833156MsoNormal" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8= 435" style=3D"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Hi David and all,</p> <p class=3D"yiv6588833156MsoNormal" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8= 440" style=3D"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8439">That=92s a very good ques= tion. I=92ve heard the same reason given for why we have the Hemlock Woolle= y Adelgid in Nova Scotia but not in northern Maine and New Brunswick. I=92m= not aware of any evidence indicating that more spring migrants fly to Nova Scotia than Maine or New Brunswick.</span= ></p> <p class=3D"yiv6588833156MsoNormal" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8= 441" style=3D"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;"> John</p> <p class=3D"yiv6588833156MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-right: 0px; margin-left= : 0px; padding: 0px;"> </p> <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8443"> <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8442" style=3D"border-right: non= e; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-to= p: 1pt solid rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;"> <p class=3D"yiv6588833156MsoNormal" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8= 446" style=3D"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <b><span lang=3D"EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-US" id=3D"yui_3_16= _0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8445"> <a rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" ymai= lto=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mail= to:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; backg= round-image: initial; background-" id=3D"LPlnk898354" class=3D"OWAAutoLink"= previewremoved=3D"true">naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</a> <<a rel= =3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.c= a" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca" id=3D"LP= lnk117893" style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: initial; b= ackground-" class=3D"OWAAutoLink" previewremoved=3D"true">naturens-owner@ch= ebucto.ns.ca</a> > <b>On Behalf Of </b>David<br clear=3D"none"> <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 14, 2018 17:10<br clear=3D"none"> <b>To:</b> <a rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailto:nature= ns@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca= " style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: initial; background= -" id=3D"LPlnk397604" class=3D"OWAAutoLink" previewremoved=3D"true">naturen= s@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br clear=3D"none"> <b>Subject:</b> [NatureNS] Lyme disease</span></p> </div> </div> <p class=3D"yiv6588833156MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-right: 0px; margin-left= : 0px; padding: 0px;"> </p> <p class=3D"yiv6588833156MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-right: 0px; margin-left= : 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Dear All,</span></p> <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8455"> <p class=3D"yiv6588833156MsoNormal" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8= 454" style=3D"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8453" style=3D"font-size: 12pt;= "> In the July issue of Maclean's (p.17) are interesting data = on Lyme disease incidence in Canada. The much higher incidence in NS, 21.5 = times as high as the average incidence in the other nine provinces, is attributed to "climate and the large number = of migratory birds carrying ticks from the US."</span></p> </div> <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8452"> <p class=3D"yiv6588833156MsoNormal" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8= 451" style=3D"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8450" style=3D"font-size: 12pt;= "> I don't follow why NS would be hit the hardest.</span></p> </div> <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8448"> <p class=3D"yiv6588833156MsoNormal" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529065853713_8= 447" style=3D"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style=3D"font-size: 12pt;">Yt, DW</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> <br clear=3D"none"> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <br> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html> --_000_YQXPR0101MB221445056725EE9F5ACCE84D92570YQXPR0101MB2214_--
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