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Revision as of 18:17, 8 January 2016

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Secondary prevention focuses on methods of inhibiting and controlling tick activity in endemic areas.

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 ==Secondary Prevention==
-'''Tick Control'''
-* Strategies to reduce populations of vector ticks through area-wide application of acaricides (chemicals that will kill ticks and mites) and control of tick habitats (e.g., leaf litter and brush) have been effective in small-scale trials.
-* New methods being developed include applying acaricides to animal hosts by using baited tubes, boxes, and feeding stations in areas where these pathogens are endemic. Biological control with fungi, parasitic nematodes, and parasitic wasps may play supportive roles in integrated tick control efforts.
-* Community-based, integrated, tick-management strategies may prove to be an effective public health response to reduce the incidence of tick-borne infections.
-* However, limiting exposure to ticks is currently the most effective method of prevention of tick-transmitted diseases.
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