{"id":33751,"date":"2017-07-02T05:43:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T09:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=33751"},"modified":"2017-06-30T16:49:53","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T20:49:53","slug":"tick-mosquito-safety-muskoka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/tick-mosquito-safety-muskoka\/","title":{"rendered":"Tick and mosquito safety in Muskoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_4308997759934916608MsoBodyText\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">A message from the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_4308997759934916608MsoBodyText\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">School is done, the resorts and campsites are kicking into full gear and people are glad to get outside. And the mosquitoes and ticks are eager to welcome visitors and local residents alike to the outdoors.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_4308997759934916608MsoBodyText\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">While most of these little creatures are simply an annoyance, some may be carrying diseases that can be debilitating. Both West Nile virus, carried by some types of mosquitoes, and Lyme disease, carried by blacklegged ticks, were detected in Simcoe Muskoka last year.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p class=\"m_4308997759934916608MsoBodyText\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"> \u201cWe still encourage people to get outside and enjoy the outdoors,\u201d said Lori Holmes, the vector-borne disease program coordinator with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit. \u201cWe just need to make sure to take the right precautions to avoid being bitten.\u201d<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_4308997759934916608MsoBodyText\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">For mosquitoes and ticks, the precautions are similar. Wear light-coloured, long-sleeved clothing, and use bug spray with DEET or Icaridin. When hiking it also helps to wear closed-toe shoes, tuck pants into socks and stay on the centre of trails and paths.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_4308997759934916608MsoBodyText\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">After a day in the outdoors, do a full body check of yourself and children, and shower or bathe as soon as you can to wash away any loose ticks. If you find a tick attached to the skin, remove it right away, since an infected tick has to be on your skin for more than 24 hours before the disease can spread. Use fine-tipped tweezers to grasp the tick as close to the skin as possible, and pull it straight away. Ticks can be kept in screw-top bottles or plastic bags and taken to a health unit office or health care provider, where it will be sent for analysis.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_4308997759934916608MsoBodyText\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The health unit has resumed monitoring for both diseases. For West Nile virus, both adult and larval mosquitoes are being collected to determine if they are the species that can carry the disease and if so, to get them tested for the virus. For Lyme disease, the health unit continues to collect ticks submitted by the public.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_4308997759934916608MsoBodyText\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cSimcoe Muskoka is listed as a low-risk region for Lyme disease, however blacklegged ticks are present in our area and a few have tested positive for the bacteria that causes Lyme disease,\u201d said health hazards program manager Marina Whelan. <b> <\/b>National and provincial monitoring are showing the insects and the disease are spreading. A warming climate is making it easier for the ticks to survive winters farther north, Whelan noted.<a name=\"m_4308997759934916608__GoBack\"><\/a><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_4308997759934916608MsoBodyText\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">For more information about Lyme and West Nile virus, visit the health unit\u2019s website at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simcoemuskokahealth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.simcoemuskokahealth.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1498750410682000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHOV-yo2bBnuNhVXbT4lrZ31pGNTA\">www.simcoemuskokahealth.org<\/a><\/span>, or call Health Connection at 705-721-7520 or 1-877-721-7520 weekdays from <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1725768735\"><span class=\"aQJ\">8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.<\/span><\/span><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_4308997759934916608MsoBodyText\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Messages about summer safety are also posted on the health unit\u2019s Facebook and Twitter pages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! 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