{"id":64788,"date":"2009-06-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-tick-expert-aims-to-prevent-tick-bites-by-changing-the-way-people-dress-in-summer\/"},"modified":"2009-06-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-02T00:00:00","slug":"uri-tick-expert-aims-to-prevent-tick-bites-by-changing-the-way-people-dress-in-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2009\/06\/uri-tick-expert-aims-to-prevent-tick-bites-by-changing-the-way-people-dress-in-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 tick expert aims to prevent tick bites by \u201cchanging the way people dress in summer\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tTick repellent fashion show is part of Tick Gala, June 5<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 June 1, 2009 \u2013 溏心vlog免费B站 entomologist Thomas Mather has been working to protect people from tick bites for more than two decades. But now he is changing strategies.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cFocus group research tells us that people know what they should do to prevent getting bitten by ticks, but they just don\u2019t do it,\u201d said Mather, director of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Center for Vector-Borne Disease. \u201cIdeas like tucking pants in socks and checking ourselves for ticks after going outside just hasn\u2019t become part of most people\u2019s routine, even though they know they should. It\u2019s even harder to convince people to take effective preventive actions when we know that tick encounters often happen when least expected.\u201d <\/p>\n


\n\tSo Mather is working to make tick bite prevention even easier so people hardly have to think about it. The 溏心vlog免费B站 professor is collaborating with a company that sells clothing pre-treated with tick repellent in an effort to change the way people dress in the summer.

\n\t\u201cThis is tick-bite prevention made easy because the protection is built right in to the clothing,\u201d Mather said. <\/p>\n


\n\tThe \u201cTick Repellent You\u2019ll Love to Wear\u201d fashion show is just one of several fun activities planned for the BIG TICK Gala, Friday June 5 from 5:30 to 8 pm at the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center. Tickets for the Gala and fashion show are $25. Call Karen Frost at (401) 874-2928 to purchase tickets.<\/p>\n


\nMather and his research team completed a study of tick repellents in 2008, concluding that repellents containing Permethrin \u2013 not DEET \u2013 are the best option for preventing tick bites. Permethrin-based repellents are applied to clothing, not skin.

\n\tInsect Shield pre-treats clothing with permethrin and sells it through L.L. Bean, Orvis, REI, Eagle\u2019s Nest Outfitters, Ex-Officio and other outdoor clothing retailers.<\/p>\n


\n\tInsect Shield has also launched their own label of tick repellent camp apparel especially for children, which Mather said makes wearing tick repellent easy. \u201cIn the summer, if all of your kids\u2019 play clothes are pre-treated with repellent, then they will benefit from the protection in all of their outdoor activities, and as a parent, it will give you some piece of mind without the usual arguments to put repellent on,\u201d he explained. Information on Insect Shield camp apparel is available through the websites of individual camps that have become Insect Shield affiliates, with 10 percent of the proceeds returned to the camps. There also are links on Mather\u2019s website.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThis is an excellent solution for concerned parents preparing to send their children off to summer camp,\u201d Mather said. The repellent in the clothing remains effective through 70 washings. Do-it-yourself spray or soak products containing permethrin also are available to treat clothes already on hand. Protection from do-it-yourself products like TickBlock or Sawyer Products remains effective through 6-8 washings.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThis new strategy is a paradigm shift for most people,\u201d Mather said, \u201cbut it\u2019s also the best thing you can do to protect your family from the many diseases that ticks transmit, including Lyme disease, babesiosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and anaplasmosis.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tAmong the findings of Mather\u2019s tick repellent study:<\/p>\n


\n–\tIndividuals wearing clothing treated with Permethrin-based repellents were more than 3 times less likely to be bitten by a tick than when wearing untreated clothing;<\/p>\n


\n–\tClothing-only repellents are even effective tick-bite deterrents when applied to summer clothing like shorts, T-shirts, and especially sneakers;<\/p>\n


\n–\tTicks exposed for as little as 10 seconds to clothing treated with Permethrin-based repellents dropped off and eventually died. <\/p>\n


\n–\tThe poppy-seed size nymphal ticks are most likely to latch on at shoe level, suggesting that repellents should also be applied to socks and shoes, too. In the study, people with treated shoes and socks were 71 times less likely to get a tick bite when ticks first crawled onto shoes.<\/p>\n


\n\tFor more information about tick repellents, ticks, tick-borne diseases, and additional strategies to avoid ticks, visit Mather\u2019s website, www.tickencounter.org.<\/p>\n

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