Fall is peak time for deer ticks in Maine. Here's how to take precautions

MAINE PUBLIC • October 15, 2021

Fall is peak time for deer tick activity in Maine, and the state CDC is urging residents and visitors to take precautions to limit exposure. Deer ticks are found in wooded, leafy, shrubby areas, including yards, and can transmit several diseases. Lyme disease and anaplasmosis are the most common, with 1,054 and 559 cases reported so far this year, respectively. But a record 163 cases of babesiosis have been reported this year, as well as three cases of Powassan encephalitis.