The article, “Avoiding Ticks and Tick-borne Disease”, discuses information about ticks, specifically the Blacklegged Tick (Deer Tick). Anyone who ventures into the outdoors should be able to recognize a tick. The deer tick is known for its red body and small size. They are active during spring, summer, and fall with a life span up to two years. These ticks can be found throughout the United States in its entirety except for the mid-west region because it is dry.
Simple ways to avoid ticks is to stay out of their habitat and use insect repellent. If a tick does attach to you pull it out with tweezers, and be sure to have gotten the remains out of your skin to avoid infection. A common disease that can be transmitted from ticks is Lyme disease. Some other diseases include Rocky Mountain fever. If a ring forms around your bite visit a doctor.
http://geology.com/articles/ticks-lyme-disease/
The map that is being used in the article that I have shown in my summary is a distribution map because it is showing us where the deer tick lives, and there is no physical or political traits shown. The map supports the article because it allows the reader to have a visual sense about where the ticks thrive within the United States. An improvement that I would make to this map is add political features to it with cities because a reader who is unfamiliar with the area may recognize a city and then make sense of it.
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