Southern Seven Health Department issued the following announcement on May 19.
Help us get the word out about the I-TICK program at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. They need your help!
What is the I-TICK program? I-TICK, (Illinois Tick Inventory Collaboration networK), is a surveillance program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign created to gather information about ticks of public health concern in Illinois. The purpose is to develop a network of volunteers to collect data to help their lab determine the risk of tick-borne disease based on where and when ticks occur. There are two ways to participate in I-TICK: send in a physical tick specimen that is NOT engorged with blood, or collect and submit all information using The Tick App -a smart phone or web app. Participants are free to choose one (or both) methods. Your participation in crucial! If you live in a high-risk area, sharing your experience and perspective with them will help them learn about the risk factors for tick borne disease and design better methods that prevent tick bites and tick-borne disease. We really appreciate your input! They are also including information that will help you identify the different tick species, ways to prevent tick exposure and other information that will help you understand more about ticks and the diseases they transmit. Follow them on Facebook and Instagram @ITICKsurveillance and on Twitter @ITickUIUC.
Original source can be found here.
Source: Southern Seven Health Department
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