Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in the United States.

In Pennsylvania the vector, an organism that carries disease-causing microorganisms, is the deer tick, Ixodes scapularis.

How is Lyme disease spread?

 

Eating meat from a deer that has deer ticks on it
Getting bitten by a tick
Touching a tick that carries bacteria-causing lyme disease B. burgdorferi
Getting bitten by a tick that carries the bacteria B. burgdorferi

 

 

Activities:

Lyme Disease Quiz

Sample Lyme Disease Worksheet

Other Links:

What's My Lyme Disease Risk?

Use Insect Repellants Safely

Lyme Disease Alert