Lyme disease prevention fact sheet for outdoor workers

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Vector Borne Diseases. Bacterial Diseases Branch.
• Description:
  Ticks can spread disease, including Lyme disease. Protect yourself:
  
  • Use insect repellent that contains 20 - 30% DEET.
  
  • Wear clothing that has been treated with permethrin.
  
  • Take a shower as soon as you can after working outdoors.
  
  • Look for ticks on your body. Ticks can hide under the armpits, behind the knees, in the hair, and in the groin.
  
  • Put your clothes in the dryer on high heat for 60 minutes to kill any remaining ticks.
  
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• Subjects:
  Environmental Diseases Lyme Disease/prevention & Control Lyme Disease/therapy Occupational Diseases Tick-Borne Diseases/prevention & Control Tick-Borne Diseases/therapy
• Series:
  Ticks and Lyme disease
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:38b88eb4ec3a60a99de52b24ef7c1728773037f6769d74c3c23233dd32b65156026b8508bc14a50643be4c7bbf5f94e54a85ce57d10aef834fa436e278232b2a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/27462/cdc_27462_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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