info & links on all things tix...
Useful links to external reources about Ticks - from government to scientific research to good old fashioned common sense
(and everything in between).
(and everything in between).
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CDC on Lyme disease |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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CDC : Map of Lyme disease across the USA 2012 to 2016 |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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CDC : Chart of Lyme disease cases, 1996-2016 |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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CDC : Prevention of Lyme Disease | Hikers |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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CDC : Pregnancy & Lyme Disease |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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CDC : Lyme Disease | working outdoors |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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CDC : Lyme Disease | info for parents |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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Indicators of Lyme disease |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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Tick Identifier Quick start |
tickinfo.com |
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Deer Tick I.D. |
the spruce | Lisa Jo Lupo |
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10 tips to Avoiding Tick Bites |
ThoughtCo. |
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Clinical Infectious diseases | Lyme disease |
Oxford Academic |
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Tick Identifier Chart |
University of R.I. , Tick Encounter Resource Center |
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Summer campers face deadly ticks and mosquitoes |
Elizabeth Cohen & John Bonifield, CNN |
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Tick- and mosquito-borne diseases more than triple, since 2004, in the US |
Jacqueline Howard, CNN |
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Denbighshire mum 'paralysed' after tick bite in garden |
BBC.com |
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What you need to know about ticks |
Susan Scutti, CNN |
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Matt Dawson: I had to have heart surgery after a tick bite |
Katie Silver, BBC.com |
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CDC: Lyme disease more common than we thought |
Elizabeth Landau, CNN.com |
fast facts:
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In 2015, 95% of confirmed Lyme disease cases were reported from 14 states:
• Connecticut • Delaware • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Minnesota • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New York • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • Vermont • Virginia • Wisconsin These states have areas where infected ticks are common. Infected ticks can also be found in neighboring states and in some areas of Northern California, Oregon and Washington. Ticks are second as carriers of disease behind mosquitos on the planet
It takes about 24 hours for a tick to transmit a disease to its host. Ticks use two main senses to detect a potential host... motion and a very keen sense of smell. - including carbon dioxide emitted as the animal or person exhales at close quarters. Ticks don't jump! or fly... in fact they move pretty slowly - they wait for a close encounter with a host and using long legs to reach out and move from a leaf or blade of grass onto their unsuspecting victim |
Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vectorborne illness in the United States. In 2015, it was the sixth most common Nationally Notifiable disease.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) There are approximately 850 known species of tick. Many capable of transmitting many diseases and toxins including: Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, tick paralysis, bovine anaplasmosis, Q fever, Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis, relapsing fever,rickettsia parker Rickettsiosis, STARI, Tularemia and Ehrlichia. The Brown Dog tick and American Dog tick being the most common carriers.
Ticks need to feed only 3 times during a lifecycle and are able to survive from 200 to 550 days between meals depending on the species - that's 1 meal per developmental stage of growth - larval, nymph & adult. Ticks need to feed only three times during a lifecycle and are able to survive for 200 days between meals. Ticks become dormant during the winter if they have not found a host- waiting for the warmer Spring to provide more opportunities. |
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Click here to download a handy tick identifier - simply store it on your phone and take it with you on your next adventure into the great outdoors!
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