Ticks: All You Need to Know

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Program Type:

Health & Fitness

Age Group:

Adult
Registration for this event will be open from May 1, 2024 @ 9:30am to May 13, 2024 @ 6:30pm.

Program Description

Event Description

Learn about the medically important tick species on Long Island, their biology, habitat, the pathogens they transmit, and the best strategies to prevent tick bites in adults and children. All attendees will receive a free tick removal kit and a tick disease handbook.

This informative seminar is presented by entomologist Dr. Scott Campbell, Chief of the Arthropod-Borne Disease Lab at Suffolk County’s Department of Health Services (SCDOH), and a member of the Scientific Advisory Panel of the Regional Tick-Borne Disease Resource Center at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital. This program is sponsored jointly by the SCDOH and the Tick Resource Center at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital.