"I think backyard tick control can work well to reduce risk but there are a few variables packed inside your question that need unpacking."
Thomas Mather, also known as the “TickGuy,” is professor of Public Health Entomology and the director of the University of Rhode Island Center for VectorBorne Disease and its TickEncounter Resource Center. TickEncounter has become perhaps the nation’s leading tick bite prevention resource, and its Get TickSmart messages are increasingly being used by communities and individuals…