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Lyme disease Facts about mosquitoes

Facts about WNV

Misc.

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Deer ticks.

What ticks are infected with Lyme disease?

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No, only females do.

Do male and female mosquitoes both bite humans?

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It’s a mosquito-borne infection that can cause serious illness and

sometimes death.

What is WNV?

1,4

Because they need the protein for there eggs.

Why do mosquitoes drink blood?

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In the North East and Thick wooded areas.

Where are deer ticks most commonly found?

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Egg Larva Pupa Adult

What is the life cycle of mosquitoes?

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Birds

Where does WNV start?

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No

Do all mosquitoes transmit WNV?

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No you can only get it from ticks.

Is Lyme disease contagious?

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They are out mostly at dawn and dusk.

What times of the day are Mosquitoes most out?

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Don’t go out at dawn or Dusk. Wear big spay,

long sleeve shirts and long pants.

Describe prevention of WNV.

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Egg Larva Nymph Adult

What is the life cycle of a tick?

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Antibiotics administered over a course of three to four weeks.

How do you treat Lyme disease?

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They lay them in standing pools of water

Where do mosquitoes lay their eggs?

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No other animals such as dogs and horses can get it too.

Do just humans get WNV?

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With their first host the white footed Deer Mouse.

Where do ticks usually come in contact with Lyme disease?

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Nymph

What is the life stage of a tick when it is the most dangerous to humans.

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2 to 3 weeks

How long can adult mosquitoes live?

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A mosquito and develop in 4 to 7 days.

How fast can a mosquito develop from Larva to egg?

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False only some people get the rash.

Everyone who get Lyme disease get’s the Bull’s eye Rash. True or False?