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Old 05-27-2011, 12:57 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman View Post
Way to paranoid.....Mosquitos can carry Triple-E....do you take her to the doctor every time she gets a Mosquito bite.
When doing my own paranoid research after being bit by what was definitely a deer tick I came across an interesting CDC survey of feeding ticks that were taken off a human:
In 2009, up to 37% were carrying lyme disease. This doesn't include the other pathogens ticks can give humans.

New CDC Study: Percentage of Ticks with Lyme

For $2 in antibiotics, I preferred not to roll the dice on a 1 out of 3 shot. Especially since the lyme risk map I posted a while back has MA in the "hottest" zone.
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