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A female tick (stuck in the skin of an arm, photo of a man: Photo: Getty Images)
SAN DIEGO – San Diego County Vector Control asked residents Friday to protect themselves and their pets after discovering ticks infected with tularemia, a life-threatening bacterial disease, along the Lopez Canyon Trail .
Tularemia, commonly known as rabbit fever, can be treated with antibiotics, but can also make people seriously ill. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people are more likely to be infected with tularemia by a tick bite.
The disease can also be found in rabbits, rabbits and wild rodents in San Diego County. According to Vector Control, the county has not confirmed any cases of tularemia in a person since 2005.
This is the first tularemia discovery in the county this year, but Vector Control officials discovered several infected ticks last year. Ticks can also carry diseases such as Lyme disease and spotted fever, but tick-borne diseases are generally rare in San Diego County.
Residents can avoid risking contact with ticks by staying on designated hiking trails and trails and avoiding touching grass, brush and wild rodents. Insects can also get clothes and bite a guest after leaving a trail or campground. In case of bite, the CDC recommends removing the tick with the help of a tweezers by grabbing it as close to the head as possible to leave no part of it in the body.
Residents can find out more about tick-borne diseases on the county's Environmental Health Department website, sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/deh/pests/ticks.html. The CDC also has a section on its tick website at cdc.gov/ticks/index.html.
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