Jinsi ya kujilinda kama shughuli ya deer tick huongezeka kutoka kwa Record Herald

CHAMBERSBURG - Wakati majani yanapoanza kubadilisha rangi na joto kugeuka baridi, shughuli za watu wazima za kulungu huanza kuongezeka. Watu wengi katika Franklin County kufurahia rangi nzuri kwamba Pennsylvania ina kutoa wakati huu wa mwaka, lakini wakati kufurahia Pennsylvania kubwa nje ambapo ticks hizi kuishi, ni muhimu kujua nini tahadhari ya kuchukua wakati wa kuingia makazi yao. Kuzuia kuumwa na tick ni muhimu, hasa katika Pennsylvania, ambapo tunaongoza nchi katika kesi za ugonjwa wa Lyme.

Tick ya kulungu, pia inajulikana kama Black Legged Tick, ndio inayohusika na kusambaza ugonjwa huu.

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