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A community engagement project led by @BrennanLab @CVRinfo raising awareness of ticks & tick-borne disease in Scotland! Funded by @The_MRC and @WellcomeTrust!

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What makes viruses tick?
2 years
Have you seen a tick? šŸ•·ļø. Remember, you can head to our reporting site, to record your tick sightings & bitings!. FYI, the site is going to change in the coming months, with some new questions being added!. Head over to to find out more!
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Well, they are well and truly out and about folks!. Remember, you can continue to report sightings and bitings of ticks at our reporting site with @TCVScotland .
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Katie Featherstone (Scotland/Iceland)
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Uuuuuuuurgh. @VirusesTickCVR - a Port Ellen (Isle of Islay) tick for you.
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RT @brennanlab: 🚨Never too early for a #tickcheck if you or your pets our out in nature 🚨. It seems they are active already this year #tic….
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Happy New Year all!. We're logging on to share how delighted we are to be heading to #EUSEA24 to tell the story of our public engagement project!. Our very own @KdaviesEnto will be heading to Tbilisi, who else is going?!
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RT @LymeResourceCtr: Thank you @vparkconsgroup for the guided tour of your lovely estate & for hosting our tick awareness signs!. Putting u….
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Oh hey that's you @KdaviesEnto!!. We had a blast at #Explorathon23 as always!.
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University of Glasgow Public Engagement
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Some photos from our #Explorathon23 event on Friday. Did you meet our resident dinosaurs? #JurassicARC. @UofGARC
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We're at @UofGARC for day of this weekends @ernscot extravaganza!. Yesterday was great, and we're all set up for another awesome day of tick hunting! . #CVRTicks @UofGPE
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Through our Tick Map we have collected stories about public experiences with ticks & tick-borne disease. As part of this, many people shared their experience with Lyme Disease, a bacterial infection transmitted by ticks. Here are some of their stories, illustrated by @Hana_SciArt
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Tick Awareness & Safety . Last call to join us & @TCVScotland for a webinar exploring how to look out for and safely remove any ticks you come across! . This webinar is open to anyone and will include plenty of time for Q&A 19th September @ 6pm BST.
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RT @LymeResourceCtr: Delighted to say we’ve just posted out the 500th tick and #LymeDisease awareness sign! . Thank you to all the business….
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Tick Awareness & Safety . Join us and our friends at @TCVScotland for a webinar exploring how to look out for and safely remove any ticks you come across!. This webinar is open to anyone and will include plenty of time for Q&A 19th September @ 6pm BST.
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RT @MorvenMay: Delighted to see one of @LymeResourceCtr awareness signs up on my local walk! Keep yourself and your pet safe😃 #countrylivin….
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RT @LymeResourceCtr: Excellent! Thanks for sharing, it’s great to see these signs in action!. If you’re interested in hosting our awareness….
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RT @LymeResourceCtr: Thank you to @BlairvadachOEC for hosting some of our tick awareness signs!. More information can be found here:. https….
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RT @BlairvadachDan: Thanks to @LymeResourceCtr for providing us with these awesome interactive signs!. I have spent some time this morning….
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Tick Awareness & Safety . Join us and our friends at @TCVScotland for a webinar exploring how to look out for and safely remove any ticks you come across!. This webinar is open to anyone and will include plenty of time for Q&A. 19th September @ 6pm BST.
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When was the last time you saw a tick? Tell us below!
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Do you have a story to tell? . Here at #CVRTicks we are recording oral history interviews with folks impacted by ticks and tick-borne disease, for an educational tool to be released in 2024. If you want to know more, email Sam.langford@glasgow.ac.uk
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Can you spot the ticks in this image? How many can you find?. If you ever spot a tick in the real world, remember to log it on our sightings and bitings form at Illustration by @Hana_SciArt
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POV: It's a slightly damp start to the day, and you are a horrible tick
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RT @KdaviesEnto: Finally a published scientist! Go and check out @WillLeoHawkes and I’s research into high flying migrant bats and insects,….
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