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										When hiking, camping or working outdoors:
Use Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-registered insect repellentsexternal icon containing DEET, picaridin, IR3535, Oil of Lemon Eucalyptus (OLE), para-menthane-diol (PMD), or 2-undecanone. EPA’s helpful search toolexternal icon can help you find the product that best suits your needs. Always follow product instructions.
Wear long pants, long sleeves, and long socks to keep ticks and deer flies off your skin.
Remove attached ticks promptly with fine-tipped tweezers.
Don’t drink untreated surface water.When mowing or landscaping:
Don’t mow over sick or dead animals.  When possible, check the area for carcasses prior to mowing.
Use of masks during mowing and other landscaping activities may reduce your risk of inhaling the bacteria, but this has not been studied.If you hunt, trap or skin animals:
Use gloves when handling animals, especially rabbits, muskrats, prairie dogs, and other rodents.
Cook game meat thoroughly before eating.Until recently, a vaccine has been available to protect laboratorians routinely working with *Francisella tularensis*. This vaccine is currently under review by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and is not generally available in the United States.
										
							
								Page last reviewed:  December 13, 2018						Content source:  	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID), Division of Vector-Borne Diseases (DVBD) Tularemia Home
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