Ticks

Tick Information

• Tick Heat Map - Tick Heat Map for Tick Reporting (PDF)

Articles

• Be Alert, Ticks Are Still Lurking! (PDF)
• Spring Weather Brings Residents Outside and Ticks Too! (PDF)
• Tick-Borne Diseases are Preventable - Protect Yourself and Protect Your Yard! (PDF)
• 2017 PSA - Prevent Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases by Preventing Tick Bites
• Ticks Don't Leave Once the Fall Leaves (PDF)

Presentations

• 2021 HHS Intern Project - Tickborne Disease Data, Bedford, MA (PDF)
• Tick and Mosquito Diseases from A to Z (Anaplasmosis to Zika) - May 12, 2016
  • Event Flyer (PDF)
  • Event Slides - Dr. Catherine Brown, State Public Health Veterinarian (PPT)
  • Event Slides - Larry Dapsis, Deer Tick Project Coordinator and Entomologist, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension (PPT)
  • Event Video
• Tick Talk with Sam Telford - March 11, 2014
  • Event Flyer (PDF)
  • Event Video

Resources

• Protect Yourself From Ticks (PDF)
• Tick Management Handbook (PDF)
• MA DPH Tick ID Card (JPG)
• Bedford Tick Bite Prevention (PDF)
• How to Do Tick Check
• Landscaping a Tick Safe Zone (PDF)
• MA Lyme Disease Commission Report (PDF)
• Tick Information Card (PDF) (Note: If printing card - under Print Menu select Page Scaling = None)
• University of Rhode Island Tick Encounter Resource Center - Tick Identification
• Video: How To Prevent Tick Bites

Fact Sheets

• Babesiosis
• Borrelia miyamotoi
• Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis (HGA) (PDF)
• Lyme Disease (PDF)
• Powassan Disease (PDF)
• Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) (PDF)
• Tick Repellents (PDF)
• Tularemia (PDF)