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Ticks are arachnids, close cousins of mites and more distant cousins of spiders.
The most common ones are blacklegged ticks, lone star ticks , American dog ticks and brown dog ticks.
They pick up bacteria, viruses and other microbes from the blood of infected hosts, and when they bite a new victim, they can pass those pathogens along.
Ticks are attracted to cues such as the carbon dioxide exhaled by animals.
Insect repellents containing DEET, picaridin and oil of lemon eucalyptus have been approved by the EPA to protect against ticks.
But these chemicals work differently against ticks than they do against mosquitoes.
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