Acaropathology (TICKS & LYME DISEASE) Updated Mega Encore with Dr. Neeta Pardanani Connally & Dr. Andrea Swei
It’s 2-for-1! Ticks AND Lyme: together in one helpful, disgusting, gossipy, empowerful episode. This pair of episodes is about tiny, thirsty ticks and the diseases they spit into you is wall to wall wisdom from Dr. Neeta Pardanani Connally of the Western Connecticut State University Tick Lab and Dr. Andrea Swei of SFSU’s Swei Lab cover how to remove a tick, if you should spray your yard and with what, how landscaping affects tick exposure, why Lyme Disease is spreading, the Lone Star Tick rolling into town, how to protect your pets and why the CDC ruined poppyseed muffins. Also: Powassan virus, paralysis ticks, and twin princesses, Borrelia and Babesia.
Dr. Neeta Pardanani Connally and Dr. Andrea Swei will charm their way into your heart like a hypostome under your skin.
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Dr. Neeta Pardanani Connally’s videos, website, Twitter and Instagram
Follow Dr. Andrea Swei and her lab SweiLab on Twitter
Donations were made to TickEncounter, Union of Concerned Scientists, and 826 Valencia
Also: Alie on Jess Phoenix’s Union of Concerned Scientists podcast
Links to things we discussed:
How ticks feed in delightful, disgusting detail
CDC explains the tick lifecycle
CDC list of tick borne diseases
Some reeks for tick repellent and flea collars
“Under Our Skin” documentary trailer
Lyme Disease outbreaks: maps & historical data
TickEncounter’s tick ID chart (with engorged ones)
How to crowdfund Lyme treatment
Is Igenex more reliable Lyme testing?
Labcorp’s Lyme testing guidelines
Gene signatures and Lyme Disease
Other episodes you may enjoy:
Forest Entomology (CREEPY CRAWLIES)
Planariology (VERY COOL WORMS, I PROMISE)
Kinetic Salticidology (DANCING SPIDERS)
Diplopodology (MILLIPEDES & CENTIPEDES)
Urban Rodentology (SEWER RATS)
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Editing by Steven Ray Morris, Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media
Transcripts by Emily White of The Wordary
Website by Kelly R. Dwyer
Theme song by Nick Thorburn