Distribution of Ticks and Prevalence of in the Upper Connecticut River Valley of Vermont.

(Black-legged Tick) has expanded its range in recent decades. To establish baseline data on the abundance of the Black-legged Tick and (causative agent of Lyme disease) at the edge of a putative range expansion we collected 1398 ticks from five locations along the Connecticut River in Vermont. Collection locations were approximately evenly distributed between the villages of Ascutney and Guildhall.