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INFORMATION

Deer Tick Ixodes scapularis versus Dog Tick Dermacentor variabilis

Deer Tick (Ixodes scapularis) vs.
Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis)

Picture courtesy of Maine Medical Center Research Institute
Vector - Borne Disease Laboratory
Photo by Jack Milton, Portland Press Herald

MOSQUITOS AND EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS

EEE is transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito.

EEE is most prevalent July through early October.

For more information on EEE please visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention

WEST NILE VIRUS

WNV is most prevalent May through October.

People over fifty and the immunocompromised population are at a higher risk of developing serious symptoms of WNV.

For more information on WNV please visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention

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Lyme Disease

Lyme disease is transmitted to humans and animals through the bite of an infected deer tick (Ixodes scapularis).

Contracting Lyme disease via the nymph is greatest from May through August. The nymph is the stage before a tick becomes an adult. Nymphs are eight (8) legged ticks, smaller then the adult tick.

Adult ticks are most active from October through December and April through June.

For more information on Lyme Disease please visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Maine Medical Center Research Institute

Babesiosis

Babesiosis is a rare though sometimes fatal tick-borne disease trasmitted by the bite of an infected deer tick (Ixodes scapularis).

For more information on Babesiosis please visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Anaplasmosis

Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA).