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Current Tick Activity in the Northeast United States

Active from: 07.01.2010 - 07.31.2010

We highly recommend you take preventive actions against Deer Tick Nymphs this month. Their tiny size makes them hard to spot and there is a 1 in 5 chance that a Deer Tick Nymph will carry a tick-borne disease. Visit the Protect Yourself page to learn how. Also read about how spraying your shoes is 74x protection from ticks latching onto you.

Are you concerned about the serious health threat caused by ticks?

Would you like to make appropriate tick-borne diseases prevention programming more widely available? If you answered yes to these questions, please consider supporting the Tick Encounter Resource Center at the University of Rhode Island. Proceeds help support tick-bite prevention programs.