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Ticks

A bottle of insect repellent

Avoid ticks on people, on pets and in the yard.

Clipart image showing how to remove an embedded tick with a pair of tweezers.

Find tips on how to safely remove a tick from your skin.

Medical illustration of symptoms

Learn about symptoms and when to see a doctor.

WHERE TICKS LIVE

Learn where different types of ticks can be found in the U.S.

Learn where different types of ticks can be found in the U.S.

Tickborne Diseases of the United States

An online reference for healthcare providers

What kind of tick is it?

Montage of four ticks: Brown Dog Tick, Lone Star Tick, American Dog Tick, and Blacklegged Tick

Pictures of the most common ticks that bite people.

Tickborne Diseases

Key Information

Alpha-gal Allergy
Tickborne Disease Surveillance Data Summary, 2017
Asian longhorned ticks—A new tick in the United States
Tick Surveillance Guidance
Lyme and Other Tickborne Diseases– Digital Press Kit
Emerging Tickborne Diseases– Public Health Grand Rounds
Trends in Tickborne Diseases– HHS joint webinar
Agents, Clinical Features, and Surveillance – HHS joint webinar! Novel and Emerging Tickborne Diseases
Don’t Let a Tick Make You Sick!Cdc-pdf[PDF – 1 page] – Tick Bite Prevention Comic for Summer Campers
It’s Open Season on Ticks!Cdc-pdf[PDF – 2 pages] – Hunter Safety Fact Sheet

CDC Videos on Medscape

Page last reviewed: April 8, 2019

Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Vector-Borne Diseases (DVBD)