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Tick Identification | Tick Removal | Delaware Tick Program | Surveillance Data | Ticks – Professional Training
Explore this section to learn about identifying ticks relevant to Delaware, proper tick removal procedures, tick testing options, and preventative measures to reduce the chance of tick bites. You can also learn about Delaware’s ongoing Tick Program and find out about professional learning opportunities.
Tick Identification
DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife
Delaware Tick Program - 2025 Lyme Aware Delaware Conference
Ashley C. Kennedy, PhD, BCE, Delaware State Tick Biologist, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Division of Fish and Wildlife
PDF (topic slides)
Video (speaker presentation)
Tick Removal
TickEncounter, University of Rhode Island
Found a Tick? Remove It Quick - 18 x 24" Poster, PDF Download
State of Delaware Health and Human Services Agency, Department of Public Health - Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
How To Protect Against Ticks - 18 x 24" Poster, PDF Download
State of Delaware Health and Human Services Agency, Department of Public Health - Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Protecting Yourself From Ticks
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Surveillance Data
CDC Tickborne Pathogen Surveillance - Data maps through 2024
Maps showing the projected suitable habitat for Ixodes scapularis (blacklegged ticks) or Ixodes pacificus (western blacklegged ticks) and where select pathogens have been found
Reporting Tick Interactions - online form
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Tick-Borne Disease Reporting and Trends in Delaware - 2025 Lyme Aware Delaware Conference
Antonio Alvarado, MS, Delaware Department of Public Health, Vector-Borne Disease Epidemiologist, One Health Program
PDF (topic slides)
Notifiable Disease Report to the Dept. of Public Health - Fillable PDF Form
State of Delaware Health and Human Services Agency, Department of Public Health - Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Delaware Tick Program
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Reporting Tick Interactions - online form
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Top 10 Tick Facts You Need To Know - PDF download
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Delaware Tick Program - 2025 Lyme Aware Delaware Conference
Ashley C. Kennedy, PhD, BCE, Delaware State Tick Biologist, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Division of Fish and Wildlife
PDF (topic slides)
Video (speaker presentation)
Tick-Borne Disease Reporting and Trends in Delaware - 2025 Lyme Aware Delaware Conference
Antonio Alvarado, MS, Delaware Department of Public Health, Vector-Borne Disease Epidemiologist, One Health Program
PDF (topic slides)
Delaware Tick Program Updates - 2024 Lyme Aware Delaware Conference
Ashley Kennedy, PhD, BCE, Delaware State Tick Biologist, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Division of Fish and Wildlife
PDF (topic slides)
Video (speaker presentation)
Tick Talk: Tick Biology, Ecology, and Management in Delaware - Webinar
Ashley Kennedy, PhD - Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Division of Fish and Wildlife
Ticks – Professional Training
Babesia in the Mid-Atlantic Region & DE Tick Testing Program - 2025 Lyme Aware Delaware Conference
Michael H. Buoni, PhD, Instructor of Genetics, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Delaware Technical Community College
PDF (presentation slides)
Delaware Tick Program Updates - 2025 Lyme Aware Delaware Conference
Ashley C. Kennedy, PhD, BCE, Delaware State Tick Biologist, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Division of Fish and Wildlife
PDF (topic slides)
Video (speaker presentation)
Multiplex Assays for Surveillance of Delaware Tickborne Pathogens - 2024 Lyme Aware Delaware Conference
Michael Buoni, PhD, EdD, Instructor of Genetics, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Delaware Technical Community College
PDF (topic slides)
Video (speaker presentation, summarized lesson)
Development of Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assays for the Surveillance of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Delaware - Research Presentation (full lesson)
Michael Buoni, PhD, EdD, Instructor of Genetics, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Delaware Technical Community College
Delaware Tick Program Updates - 2024 Lyme Aware Delaware Conference
Ashley Kennedy, PhD, BCE, Delaware State Tick Biologist, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Division of Fish and Wildlife
PDF (topic slides)
Video (speaker presentation)
Tick Talk: Tick Biology, Ecology, and Management in Delaware - Webinar
Ashley Kennedy, PhD - Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Division of Fish and Wildlife
Emerging babesiosis in the mid-Atlantic: autochthonous human babesiosis cases and Babesia microti (Piroplasmida: Babesiidae) in Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) and Ixodes keiransi (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks from Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, 2009 to 2024 - Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 62, Issue 4, July 2025 (PDF version)
Ellen Y Stromdahl, Katherine A Feldman, Robyn M Nadolny, Ashley C Kennedy, Zachary J Bement, Michael Buoni, Heather Rutz, James C Broyhill, Joshua Bernick, R Jory Brinkerhoff, Leslie Ayuk-Takor, David Crum, Alexandre J da Silva, Eric Dotseth, Lori Flammia, Kyle Girone, David Gaines, Anna Phan, Bobbi S Pritt, Siok-Bi Wee, Holly D Gaff, Wayne L Hynes
Statewide surveillance of tick-borne pathogens in ticks collected in Delaware using novel multiplex PCR assays - International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, Volume 26, April 2025
Michael H. Buoni, Ashley C. Kennedy, Virginia Hughes, Esther Biswas-Fiss
Ticks of Delaware revisited: an updated checklist of hard ticks (Ixodidae) and first records of soft ticks (Argasidae) in the First State - Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 62, Issue 4, July 2025
Ashley C Kennedy, Sierra Redus, Wil S Winter, Jeffrey R Newcomer, Andrea M Egizi, Dina M Fonseca, James L Occi, Richard G Robbins