Pests -- United States
While hiking, working, or spending time in wooded areas:
- wear long pants and long-sleeved shirts to protect against ticks other biting insects;
- check for ticks often while outdoors and brush off any ticks before they attach;
- perform a full body check multiple times during the day, as well as at the end of the day to ensure that no ticks are attached;
- consider use of repellents containing DEET, picaridin or IR3535, following label instructions.
If you have been bitten by a tick
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5915226&promed&0
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