One Bite Can Change Your Life…

The Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester Boards of Health are pleased to announce that they will sponsor a talk on deer ticks: “One Bite Can Change Your Life…” with Larry Dapsis, Entomologist. Mr. Dapsis joined the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension in 2011 as Deer Tick Project Coordinator and Entomologist and is a member of the Barnstable County Task Force on Lyme and other Tick-Borne Diseases.

The event will be held Thursday, April 30 at 6:30 pm at Marion’s Sippican School, 16 Spring Street. Parking is available at rear of school in Park Street lot.

Lyme disease is the most prevalent, infectious disease in Massachusetts and is now considered to be a public health crisis. In addition to Lyme, deer ticks can carry the pathogens which cause Babesiosis and Anaplasmosis. Babesiosis and Anaplasmosis are serious tick-borne illnesses. Marion and Rochester have seen a significant increase in the number of cases of Babesiosis in the last two years. Prevention is the key to stopping this progression of serious tick-borne illnesses.

This program will review the basic life cycle and ecology of deer ticks, incidence rates and distribution of tick-borne illnesses in addition to a database under development on infection rates of ticks.

A three-point protection plan will be presented: Protect Yourself, Protect Your Yard, and Protect Your Pet. Tick-borne diseases are preventable!

Sponsored by Marion, Mattapoisett and Rochester Boards of Health.

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