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the bulk of Lyme sufferers come to me in the late summer early fall, so we’ve already started at a rapid pace.”
Since the beginning of spring, McCue has diagnosed more than 20 Rappahannock residents with the tick-borne illness. He attributes the recent increase to high moisture levels due to rain this spring and summer. "It s quite a diagnostic challenge," McCue said. “The problem is that we are in a high tick area. In this area, if you have fever or flu symptoms in the spring or summer, call the doctor." Authorities within the Shenandoah National Park relate the high rate of Lyme disease in Rappahannock to its proximity to park boundaries - an area with an extremely high deer population.
Rolf Gubler, park biologist and Forest Pest Manager, relates high numbers of deer ticks to high deer densities in the area. “Where there are deer, there are deer ticks," he said.
State health officials who track the incidence of Lyme disease explained there is a lag time from when a person gets a test and the doctor reports the results to the health department, if the
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