2019 CVM News: CVM hosts multi-institutional Lyme working group with SUNY partners

Abstract

This news item is about: According the CDC, approximately 300,000 people may contract Lyme disease in the United States each year, with the northeastern U.S. showing the highest rates of incidence. The disease also affects thousands of dogs, horses and other domesticated animals. The opportunity to approach this problem from a One Health perspective of human, veterinary and environmental health in the region spurred the creation of the SUNY Lyme Working Group — a collaboration of researchers across fields and institutions that met at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine Jan. 17 to share data and discoveries around this growing epidemic.