A study finds that three species of ticks on Long Island carry agents threatening humans with disease.

Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology at Columbia University, Dr. Maria Diuk-Wasser, visited Stony Brook University to give a seminar titled, “Lyme Disease Emergence: A Coupled Natural and Human System” on Wednesday, Sept. 26.

Most Americans rarely perceive Lyme disease as a serious threat, mainly because the initial symptoms resemble those of the flu of other illnesses.