{"id":1506,"date":"2026-04-23T19:46:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/piedmont\/?page_id=1506"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:47:14","slug":"ticks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/piedmont\/ticks\/","title":{"rendered":"Ticks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1506\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1506-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1506-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1506-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-button panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-button so-widget-sow-button-flat-66466acb9e12-1506\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"ow-button-base ow-button-align-center\"\n>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/ticks\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"sowb-button ow-icon-placement-left ow-button-hover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" \t>\n\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-icon-image\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/126\/04-copy-150x150.jpg)\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tLearn More About Ticks in Virginia on the main VDH website\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1506-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1506-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1506-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Some ticks maybe tiny and hard to spot, and they can cause serious illnesses, such as Lyme disease, Alpha-gal syndrome, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.<\/p>\n<p>Ticks have become common in Virginia and can be active on warm days at all times of the year for a variety of reasons including suburbanization, the abundance of deer in suburban forests, as well as climate change and land development. 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