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Summertime calls for tick awareness, and vigilance over tick-borne diseases

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by Kate Evans

Shown clockwise in this CDC tick montage are the Asian longhorned tick, the Lone Star tick, the black-legged tick (the deer tick) and the American dog tick.

Plentiful spring rains encouraged an environment in which ticks are thriving this year. Health officials are advising people to be on the lookout for ticks when outdoors.

Keep checking for ticks on yourself, your children and pets and watching for symptoms of tick bites, Lyme…