5 tips from an expert at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Deer ticks can carry six different infections in the eastern United States,and the risk of contracting Lyme disease alone is enough reason to take measures to protect yourself. Sam Telford, a professor of infectious disease and global health at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and a main expert on infections spread by mosquitos and ticks, or shares the best ways to protect yourself.
Source: tufts.edu