They’re not just on the dogs, you know. Is it safe to go out in the woods again? The Mystery Disease Watch Video Most doctors say Lyme Disease is easily identified and treated, but some patients believe they were misdiagnosed for so long it crippled them.

So many pet owners enjoy taking their dogs for walks in the woods, to campgrounds for overnights, for runs through fields, for long hikes up to mountaintops, and for quick plunges into hidden coves within the forest.

URI’s Thomas N. Mather in the lab with graduate student Emily Troiano, who is assisting with his research on ticks.

Did you know that Lyme Disease affects Americans at a rate possibly as high as 10 times that of AIDS? Did you know that the test recommended by the Infectious Diseases Society of America to diagnose Lyme misses it 3/4ths of the time? Or that in areas of the country where infectious deer ticks are closest to the population - like nearby Loudoun …