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2 days ago · Check yourself over every night. Wear clothing that minimizes exposed skin if you’ll be in tick heavy areas. Brush your hands over your body before you get in the car after time outside and take a shower when you get home. Ticks are scary, but really, they are only dangerous if you let a feeding tick go unaddressed.
5 days ago · Discover 30 fascinating tick facts, including their habitats, behaviors, and impact on humans and animals. Learn how to protect yourself and your pets from these tiny but dangerous creatures.
4 days ago · The Western Black-Legged Tick can act as a vector transmitting Lyme disease resident in its digestive tract as it feeds. The first cases of Lyme disease were reported in California in 1978. The adult tick has a dark head, a dark reddish brown body which can be as small as 1/8”.
4 days ago · Key steps to protect yourself from tick bites include treating clothing with Permethrin before going outdoors, applying skin repellents containing DEET or picardin, doing routine tick checks...
2 days ago · Tickborne diseases are transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected tick, and infections typically occur during the summer months, when ticks are most active. Some of the more common tickborne diseases in the U.S. include Lyme disease and anaplasmosis.
3 days ago · Options for dealing with ticks include chemical pesticides, natural repellants, fencing, habitat modification and importing domestic birds known to dine on ticks.
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5 days ago · Tick season is well underway and there is a new species of ticks causing new diseases, which is why you need to take steps to protect yourself.
