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Arthritis Foundation: Lyme Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to providing information on the causes and signs of Lyme disease, this article includes tips for protecting yourself from the disease.
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Kids Health: Lyme Disease: Feeling Sick With Symptoms

For Students 3rd - 5th
KidsHealth describes the symptoms of Lyme disease.
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Kids Health: Lyme Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
KidsHealth describes how to avoid Lyme disease. Features include a movie clip showing how to remove ticks from skin.
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University of Washington

Neuroscience for Kids: Lyme Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource delves into what Lyme Disease is as well as how you can get it. It also provides plenty of information as to what you can do to protect yourself from the disease as well as how it is treated.
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Carnegie Mellon University

Lyme Disease General Information and Faq

For Students 9th - 10th
This website, in addition to providing information on the deer tick, Lyme disease symptoms, and treatment, includes information on avoiding tick bites and finding ticks on pets. There is also information joining the Lyme Disease...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Lyme Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
With this resource, students can read about the discovery, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of Lyme disease, which is caused by "Bacteria transmitted to humans by the bite of infected deer ticks." This article includes detailed images...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Infectious Diseases Cards: Lyme Disease [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 9th
A fact card on Lyme disease and the deer tick that carries it.
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American Lyme Disease Foundation

For Students 9th - 10th
Read answers and questions about Lyme disease from The American Lyme Disease Foundation which fall under the follwing categories: "Chronic Lyme disease/post-Lyme syndrom," "Prevention," "Risk Assessment," "Testing," "Tick ecology," "Tick...
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Acp Online: Lyme Disease: A Patient's Guide [Pdf] [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the American College of Physicians you can read about the three stages of Lyme disease: early, early disseminated, and late Lyme disease. Read about the symptoms associated with each stage and the tests that are used in...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Travelers' Health: Disease Directory

For Students 9th - 10th
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides information on over 40 diseases that travelers might need to be prepared for. Information includes description of disease, risk for travelers, preventive measures and treatment.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Lyme Disease and Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from the Centers for Disease Control has a very short write-up on the causes and signs of Lyme disease, which is followed by information on how animals can indirectly transmit the disease to humans.
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Kids Health: What's My Lyme Disease Risk

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn where Lyme disease is most prevalent in the United States and how Lyme disease can be avoided by following "Safety tips." This website provides information on how to stay safe from Lyme disease and how to remove a...
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Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Worried About Lyme Disease?

For Students 9th - 10th
Short article by Harvard M.D. about preventing and vaccinating against Lyme disease.
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Acp Online: Lyme Disease Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a brief list of terms and definitions that are related to Lyme disease provided for by the American College of Physicians.
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University of Kentucky

Uk Entomology: Ticks and Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
Peruse this site and discover some preventative techniques you can use to help protect yourself from obtaining Lyme Disease.
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Disease Detectives: Microbe Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn in-depth details about microbes that cause disease: what is it, how to avoid it, the symptoms, and how it causes infections.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Your Safety: Tick Tactics

For Students 3rd - 8th
Safety information for how to be on the lookout for ticks. Learn how to protect yourself from Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
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Neuroscience for Kids: Lyme Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
Informational site delves into what Lyme Disease is as well as how you can get it. Thankfully, it also provides plenty of information as to what you can do to protect yourself from the disease as well as how it is treated.
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Lyme Disease

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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Lyme Disease

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Lyme Disease
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Lyme Disease

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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US National Library of Medicine

Medline Plus: Videos Y Multimedia

For Students 9th - 10th
Online presentations on more than 150 health topics, diseases, and conditions, from acne to viruses. Each plays as a slide presentation, with sound, that you can control or set to autoplay. Time varies from 5-20 minutes. Available in...
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Neuroscience for Kids: Lyme Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
Informational site delves into what Lyme Disease is as well as how you can get it. Thankfully, it also provides plenty of information as to what you can do to protect yourself from the disease as well as how it is treated.
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Lyme Net Newsletter

For Students 9th - 10th
This LymeNet newsletter is no longer being published, however,the back issues are still availabe at the bottom of the page. Focus is Lyme Disease.

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