GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — The Guilford County Division of Public Health is asking people to become community scientists to help with a study documenting tick species in North Carolina.
The study is being conducted by North Carolina State University and will evaluate a citizen science approach to tick surveillance and exposure risk in North Carolina.
The study asks to people to submit ticks they find naturally in North Carolina. NCSU says tick collection kits will be distributed for free through a GCDPH partnership.
Free tick kits can be picked up from the Environmental Health Division on the third floor of the Guilford County Department of Health and Human Services building at 1203 Maple St. in Greensboro.
Kits may be picked up Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Each kit will include a postage-paid return envelope, collection tubes and a short survey.
Participants must be 18 years or older and are required to collect ticks, complete a survey and send their findings via mail in a postage-paid return envelope.