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In the Lyme-light: Wisconsin seeing unsettling uptick in Lyme disease cases, with rural areas in the bull’s-eye

Illnesses from tick bites in Wisconsin have tripled since 2004, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The Wisconsin Department of Health reports that 2017 saw the highest number of Lyme disease cases in the state to date, indicating that Wisconsin is experiencing a “slow-burn epidemic” of Lyme disease, said UW-Madison entomology professor and department chairwoman Susan Paskewitz.