News Center Maine speaks to Dill about tick borne illness
Griffin Dill, the manager of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Tick Lab, spoke to News Center Maine about the rise in tick borne illness. “It’s not a surprise to those of us working with ticks and tick borne illnesses. We have seen cases of babesiosis dating back to 2001. Now we are seeing a couple hundred a year of babesiosis in the state of Maine,” Dill said.