Preventing Tick Bites and the Use of Permethrin:
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Prevention for Hunters
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Insect Repellent Information
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Minnesota Ticks and Their Control - U of M
Prevention
Lyme disease can be prevented by avoiding areas where
ticks thrive. This includes heavily wooded areas, places
with thick underbrush and long grassy areas at the edge
of a wood.
When these places cannot be avoided, prevention can be
achieved by:
* applying Insect repellents, especially those containing
DEET, to exposed skin
* pre-treating clothing, before it is worn, with Permethrin,
a tick insecticide
* wearing light-colored clothing so ticks can be easily
spotted and removed
* wearing long sleeves and pants; with pant bottoms
tucked into the tops of ones socks.
Additionally, ticks usually need to be attached to the skin
for at least 24 hours before Borrelia burgdorferi (the Lyme
disease bacteria) can be transmitted. Performing
body-wide tick checks after being in tick habitats and
immediately removing any discovered ticks may prevent
infection.
Upon returning home, go to a designated area, remove
clothing to wash and dry as soon as possible.
Bath each day you have been in grassy or wooded areas,
remembering to scrub hard to remove any ticks that have
not yet attached.
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