Avoiding Ticks and Tickborne Disease
Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever are a danger to people who work or play outdoors
Article by: Hobart M. King, Ph.D., RPG
Deer tick: Photograph of a black-legged tick, also known as a deer tick (Ixodes scapularis). Image by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health / Center for Disease Control.
Background
Geologists and others who work in the field should have some knowledge about ticks and tickborne diseases. If left untreated, Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and other illnesses caused by tick bites can lead to chronic neurological problems, severe joint pain that can persist for years, and, in some instances, death.
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