Environmental factors are the source of increasing tick-borne diseases in humans and animals. This can be seen through the published words of Doctor Manny Alvarez, who is a credible source. Alvarez (2017) states, “Many researchers believe that rising global temperatures are allowing ticks populations to move northward and expanding the tick feeding season” (para. 6). The expansion of the tick feeding season enables more tick diseases to be spread to more humans and animals. In an interview with Christie Kindred, a Speech Language Pathologist, she stated that climate change contributes to the rise of tick-borne diseases. “Ticks do well in warm areas and with the world experiencing longer periods of warm weather this allows the tick population to expand” (Christie Kindred). Increasing global temperatures could extend the range of certain tick species and increase the likelihood of individuals to contract tick-borne diseases.
The population of ticks is on the rise because of an increase of available hosts. The species of deer tick are carriers of Lyme disease and generally attach
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The effects of tick-borne diseases are extremely serious. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2013), there were three sudden cardiac deaths in the United States from November 2012 to July 2013 that were associated with Lyme Carditis (para. 1). The effects of tick borne diseases can lead to death very quickly. The problem is quite serious because several of the emerging diseases such as the Powassan virus have been found to be devastating. According to Knapp and Rice (2015), over 10 percent of people infected with the Powassan virus are dying due to encephalitis and meningitis caused by the disease (p. 9). Tick-borne diseases have consequential effects and should not be taken lightly. If this problem is not dealt with then tick-borne diseases could be the number one cause of death in the United