From Washington State Department of Health - Tick tally time: send ticks for identification to help track disease risk in state. "Of the 346 ticks tested last year, just over 2 percent were carrying the Lyme disease bacterium, and two ticks were positive for the bacterium that causes anaplasmosis, another tick-borne illness. Dykstra urges people to send in the ticks they find this year, so the agency can continue its studies on ticks and the diseases they carry."
