"From New York State Department of Health website:
The disease can be spread when an infected tick bites a person and stays attached for a period of time. In most cases, the tick must be attached for 36 hours or more before the bacteria can be transmitted."
My thoughts are that as long as the tick is able to BITE you, which means there is some sharing of fluids, than transmission of a disease the tick is carrying is quite possible. I have no idea where 36 hours is the "magic" time that the bacteria is transmitted. I would like to see the research behind it. Maybe they wrote this because they don't want people running around in terror because they pulled a tick off.
My thoughts are that as long as the tick is able to BITE you, which means there is some sharing of fluids, than transmission of a disease the tick is carrying is quite possible. I have no idea where 36 hours is the "magic" time that the bacteria is transmitted. I would like to see the research behind it. Maybe they wrote this because they don't want people running around in terror because they pulled a tick off.
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