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ROCKY HILL, CT (WFSB) – When the weather warms up, you need to take some precautions to protect yourself from deer ticks when you are outdoors.

The CDC recommends wearing long pants and long sleeves in grassy, ​​bushy or wooded areas.

The tick repellent spray is also useful and the CDC suggests to shower within two hours of the outside.

"We expect typical years for tick sub-nations," said Dr. Goudarz Molaei, a researcher at the Center for Vector Biology and Zoonotic Diseases.

The link between Lyme disease and deer ticks was discovered in Lyme, Connecticut, by scientist Willy Burgdorfer in 1982.

Dr. Molaei said his research center had already received 1,100 ticks, which is statistically similar to 2018.

The state has recently launched a new tick surveillance program in which scientists collect and monitor ticks.

"This is the time of year when the number of cases of Lyme disease increases because of a number of factors, and the most important factor is that they are bitten by nymphs. small, difficult to identify and dispose of properly, "said Molaei.

For more information from the CDC, click here.