Lejeune service members may be at risk for Lyme disease

Lejeune service members may be at risk for Lyme disease
May 20, 2012
AMANDA WILCOX
DAILY NEWS STAFF

With the warm weather rolling in, it’s time Camp Lejeune Marines and sailors start taking precautions to protect themselves against vector born illnesses like Lyme disease.

“Ticks are really bad this year,” said Navy Lt. Patrick McGuire, officer in charge, Preventive Medicine Unit, 2nd Marine Logistics Group. “Because of the warmer winter this year, we’re seeing a lot more ticks in the field.”

North Carolina is home to a certain kind of tick, called a deer tick, that carries a bacteria known as borrelia burgdorferi which causes Lyme disease, said Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune’s Preventive Medicine experts.
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