Ticked Off: What You Can Do to Prevent Lyme Disease

Ticked Off: What You Can Do to Prevent Lyme Disease

Ah, summer: The perfect time to camp out, hike through the woods, sing around the campfire—and come home loaded with Lyme disease–bearing ticks. Unfortunately, those beautiful woods are ticks’ favorite gathering place. Here’s how to steer clear of ticks:

  • Wear long sleeves, and tuck your pant legs into your socks.
  • Don’t sit down and rest on fallen logs, against a tree, or on a pile of leaves.
  • Avoid gathering up firewood.

Journal of Medical Entomology, Vol. 41, No. 2

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