Tick bite victims and their environment: the risk of Lyme disease.
The authors surveyed 308 New Jersey tick bite victims. Education concerning landscape ecology, wildlife control, tick and wildlife habitat reduction, tick control using acaricides, and how to keep pets tick-free is especially needed to reduce human exposure to tick bites and Lyme disease.
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Rutgers University, Cook College, Department of Human Ecology, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0231, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011897:Random Allocation; D012307:Risk Factors; D013987:Ticks