> Although deer help spread ticks that carry Lyme, Dr. Esvelt explained to about two dozen residents at the meeting, the disease can also be controlled earlier in the tick’s food chain. Ticks typically contract the pathogen from white-footed mice, which they often feed on while still larvae, passing it on to humans and other mice when they bite again.
> Using new genome-engineering tools, he proposes to create mice that are immune to the Lyme-causing pathogen, or to a protein in the tick’s saliva, or both, to break the cycle of transmission.
In another approach, I have recently been exploring using a Permethrin treatment for
clothing to avoid ticks - apparently in use by the US military, and
able to survive several washing. No results to report yet, though.
Clove is an acaricide, so dilute some clove oil with jojoba or some other carrier oil and use that. I used clove and avocado oil to get rid of scabies (which are tiny arachnids). I also supplemented with coconut oil and diatomaceous earth.
> Although deer help spread ticks that carry Lyme, Dr. Esvelt explained to about two dozen residents at the meeting, the disease can also be controlled earlier in the tick’s food chain. Ticks typically contract the pathogen from white-footed mice, which they often feed on while still larvae, passing it on to humans and other mice when they bite again.
> Using new genome-engineering tools, he proposes to create mice that are immune to the Lyme-causing pathogen, or to a protein in the tick’s saliva, or both, to break the cycle of transmission.
In another approach, I have recently been exploring using a Permethrin treatment for clothing to avoid ticks - apparently in use by the US military, and able to survive several washing. No results to report yet, though.
https://www.google.com/search?q=permethrin+clothing+treatmen...