Sarah Hook|Christina Nelson|Paul S. Mead
U.S. public's experience with ticks and tick-borne diseases: Results from national HealthStyles surveys
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
surveillance data indicate tickborne diseases tbds substantial public health problem united states yet information frequency tick exposure tbd awareness prevention practices among general population limited objective study gain complete understanding us publics experience tbds using data annual nationally representative healthstyles surveys 4728 respondents 2009 4050 2011 3503 2012 twentyone percent respondents reported household member found tick body previous year 101 reported consultation health care provider result overall 637 respondents reported lyme disease ld occurs area live including 494 respondents west south central 511 mountain regions ld occur conversely new england midatlantic regions ld anaplasmosis babesiosis common 139 208 respondents respectively reported either tbds occur area heard diseases majority respondents 512 reported routinely take personal prevention steps tick bites warm weather results surveys indicate exposure ticks common awareness ld widespread nevertheless use tbd prevention measures relatively infrequent among us public highlighting need better understand barriers use prevention measures