Tick bite victims and their environment: the risk of Lyme disease.
Rutgers University, Cook College, Department of Human Ecology, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0231, USA.
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.
PMID: 7566679 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]