27th October 2010, 09:21 AM
mpoole Wrote:Are ticks common in the UK? I have to say I've not seen one here, but in the US they're nasty and carry all sorts of lovely things. Having had a quick Wiki for tick-borne diseases, it seems mostly to be Lyme disease here but in the US there are quite a few tick-borne diseases.
Lymes Disease Action maintain a website which tells everything you will ever need to know about ticks in the UK. Apparently there are ticks in London parks so its not just a countryside problem
http://www.lymediseaseaction.org.uk/ticks.htm
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