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URI entomologist to test tick repellent by making volunteers squirm, Sept. 6 & 7
September 4, 2007
Each volunteer to spend 2 hours with 30 ticks crawling on skin
WHO: University of Rhode Island tick expert Thomas Mather, director of the URI Center for Vector Borne Disease, and staff, along with 15 research volunteers (mostly URI students).
WHAT: Mather will test the effectiveness of a "clothing-only" tick repellent by dressing volunteers in summer clothing, including shorts and t-shirts, some of which have been treated with the repellent. Thirty ticks will be placed on the foot, arm and leg of each volunteer for two hours, during which time the volunteers will sit, stand, and walk in place to simulate time spent outdoors. At the end of the two-hour period, the ticks will be retrieved to determine how many died or dropped off the volunteers. All of the lab-raised ticks used in the study have been tested and determined to be pathogen-free.
WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 6 and Friday, Sept. 7. Ticks will be placed on the volunteers at about 2:30 p.m. both days, and subjects will be check for attached ticks around 5:00.
WHERE: The atrium (Atrium 1) of the URI Memorial Union, 50 Lower College Rd., Kingston, R.I.
CONTACT: For information about covering this event, contact Todd McLeish in the URI Department of Communications & Marketing at 401-874-7892 or tmcleish@uri.edu.
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Submit a nomination for the Think TICK...Take ACTION Awards!
Date: 4.30.2010
The University of Rhode Island Tick Encounter Resource Center and WJAR Channel 10 Providence are honored to invite applications for the “Think TICK...Take ACTION Awards”. Awards are given annually in conjunction with Rhode Island’s Tick Control Awareness Day, to recognize individuals or groups who best demonstrate an effort or commitment in raising consciousness about ticks, their associated diseases, and especially taking action to prevent tick-borne disease.
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