As Lyme disease spikes in Michigan, public health workers across the state are conducting what is called tick "surveillance" to see where different tick species are and which diseases they may be carrying to better inform the public, though it can't expand without more funding.

Of Michigan's 83 counties, health departments in 26 of those did tick surveillance this year as part of a Michigan Department of Health and Human Services project, which started in 2018. Each of these counties does tick dragging, which helps the department find ticks in new areas.

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