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To: Jill who wrote (118)	5/21/2001 6:28:35 PM
From: Atin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 162

Ticks + dogs + lyme's disease area . . . medication is not infallible. And again, it isn't the dog that gets the Lyme's disease usually since they're vaccinated against it - it is the humans that manage to pick up deer tick that carry Lyme's disease that have the problem. And it isn't just dogs - you can pick up ticks in a lyme's disease area regardless of the presence of dogs. Just as you're supposed to make sure you don't go into areas where they might have malaria if you cannot deal with a malarial infection, you're supposed to make sure you don't go into areas that might potentially have Lyme's disease carrying ticks. And since most of New England is that way - one has to be very careful when visiting any NE suburban area that has lots of trees, grass, deer etc that could be potentially dangerous to someone who is susceptible to Lyme's disease. Again, not wanting to get into the middle of this - but really - even if you were just outdoors you could pick up Lyme's disease in a lot of suburban New England. It wouldn't have to be an owner's house or even an owner's dog. Most of the people in suburban Massachusetts don't have dogs for example, but most suburban towns with woods etc have deer and deer ticks . . . and a visitor could easily pick up a tick anywhere outdoors regardless of the presence of dogs in the home.