Maine CDC Marks Lyme Disease Awareness Month
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 4:12 PM
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention urges residents and visitors to focus on tick prevention during May, Lyme Disease Awareness Month.
This year’s Lyme Disease Awareness Month theme is “Stop. Check. Prevent.” The campaign promotes personal prevention measures as the best way to keep from getting a tickborne disease. Deer ticks in Maine can carry the viruses, bacteria and protozoan parasites that cause diseases, including Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis and Borrelia miyamotoi disease. These ticks are most commonly found in wooded, leafy and shrubby areas, putting many Mainers at risk every day. Anyone spending time outdoors should take steps to limit their exposure to ticks, which are already active in Maine.