{"id":9642,"date":"2025-03-01T13:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T18:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/tick\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:29:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:29:23","slug":"tick","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/epi\/tick\/","title":{"rendered":"epi\/tick ~  Tick  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n\n  \n\n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\"> \n\n\n    <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/epi\/tick.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg 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name=\"Content\"]-->\n\n\n<h2><strong><span style=\"font-size:24px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Diseases\/Conditions in Delaware<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/img\/blackticks.jpg\" style=\"float: right; height: 678px; width: 150px;\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"\/dph\/epi\/lyme.html\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Lyme Disease<\/span><\/a>&#8211; <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/Lymedisease_FAQ_PUB_ENG_0123.pdf\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: \"Open Sans\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">FAQ\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \"Open Sans\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/lymedisfaqsp.pdf\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; 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DNREC<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#800000;\"><strong>Tick prevention<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fnsaRV05VaM\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">How to control mosquitoes in your backyard by DNREC<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.neregionalvectorcenter.com\/pdf\/ire_guide.pdf\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">Insect Repellent Guide by Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (English)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n <li><a href=\"\/dph\/epi\/lymekidskorner.html\"><span style=\"color:#0000FF;\">BLAST- Delaware Tick Prevention Information\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#800000;\"><strong>For Healthcare Providers<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n\n\n\n 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