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- Wear clothes and shoes treated with 0.5% permethrin, or buy clothing and camping gear that has been pre-treated.
- Spray your skin with DEET, oil of lemon eucalyptus, or other insect repellents that have been registered with the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Check yourself and your clothing for ticks when you come indoors. Pay special attention to under the arms, behind knees, in and around hair, around the waist, and in your belly button and ears. Washing clothing in hot water and drying clothes for at least 10 minutes on high heat will kill any ticks hiding there.
- Showering within two hours of coming indoors can wash away any ticks that haven’t attached themselves to your skin
