Dill Quoted in Press Herald Article on Lyme Disease, New Lab
James Dill, a pest management specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, spoke with the Portland Press Herald for an article about the state’s increase in Lyme disease cases and the new research lab at UMaine that will help with treatment. In November, voters approved an $8 million bond to the University of Maine Cooperative Extension to build a new animal and plant disease and insect control laboratory. Testing at the lab will allow researchers to more quickly get information on infected ticks to doctors, which would increase the effectiveness of treatments, Dill told the Press Herald. He said the waiting period for Lyme test results should decrease from several weeks to about 48 hours. The Associated Press also reported on the increase in Maine Lyme disease cases and the new lab. The Maine Public Broadcasting Network and Foster’s Daily Democrat carried the AP report.