Media Resources

Our goal is to provide prompt and thorough assistance to the public and professionals seeking information about protection from biting insects and ticks, including repellents containing DEET.
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We recently added video segments on proper insect repellent application and protection from mosquitoes and tick bites and the diseases that they sometimes carry.

- Video Demo of Proper Repellent Application

Protecting Against Tick Bites: Selected Video Segments



See interviews with West Nile Virus survivors
Find your region on a U.S. map showing where tick-borne diseases occur at higher rates. Highlighted are areas with the most human cases of Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted fever, along with other serious tick-borne disease, such as ehrlichiosis and babesiosis.
What works against ticks: advice from Charles Apperson, Ph.D., entomologist, William Neal Reynolds Professor of Agriculture, North Carolina State
More advice on tick protection from Sue Perlotto, Lyme disease public health educator, Torrington (Conn.) Area Health District.
Prof. Apperson shown taking steps to prevent ticks attaching to his skin, including applying a DEET-based repellent to his bare arms and neck, before heading out to collect ticks in a Raleigh-area park for his research.
Tick specimens, both adults and nymphs, shown in a Yale University lab. Nymphs are young ticks about the size of a poppy seed that cause nearly three quarters of all Lyme disease infections in humans.

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