Make sure you know how to protect yourself, pets, and your loved ones when you head out on an adventure.
The most effective way to prevent Lyme and other tick-borne diseases is to prevent tick bites.
Learn how to avoid bites from blacklegged ticks, which may carry anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Powassan virus and/or Lyme disease.
Lyme disease is spread to humans through the bite of an infected Blacklegged Tick. Health officials are seeing an increase in the number of cases in the province each year. This is partly due to an increase and expansion of Blacklegged Tick populations to new areas of the province.
To find out more information:
Ontario Parks: Tick Information Blog @ OntarioParks
Ontario.ca: Tick-borne Diseases @ Ontario.ca
Ontario.ca: Protect Yourself from Tick Bites This Summer @ Ontario.ca Newsroom