Lyme disease risk factors
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Risk Factors
- people who spend a lot of time outside in wooded areas
- people with outdoor occupations
- people who live in the Northwest and Midwest USA (ex. Oregon and Washington)
- Working outside with bare or exposed skin
- Failing to remove a tick as soon as you see it on your skin (the longer a tick is attached to your skin the greater your risk of developing Lyme disease.) [1]