{"id":1094,"date":"2013-04-12T15:53:02","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T22:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2022-08-02T17:21:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T00:21:39","slug":"lyme-disease-carrying-ticks-found-in-the-santa-monica-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/2013\/04\/12\/lyme-disease-carrying-ticks-found-in-the-santa-monica-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyme disease-carrying ticks found in the Santa Monica Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source of this article: The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vcstar.com\/news\/2013\/apr\/11\/lyme-disease-carrying-ticks-found-at-paramount\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ventura County Star<\/a>, April 11, 2013<\/p>\n<p>Ticks at Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills recently tested positive for Lyme\u00a0 disease, authorities said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Three pools of western black-legged ticks found along the Coyote Trail were\u00a0 found to be positive, according to the Santa Monica Mountains National\u00a0 Recreation Area.<\/p>\n<p>Paramount Ranch was one of three Santa Monica Mountains park sites that came\u00a0 back positive for Lyme disease, officials said in a statement Thursday. The\u00a0 other two locations were Tapia Park and Malibu Creek State Park.<\/p>\n<p>Tests were conducted by the Los Angeles County West Vector and Vector-Borne\u00a0 Disease Control District.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the finding is a reminder for visitors to stick to the trails\u00a0 and avoid vegetation areas, where the ticks live. The public should check\u00a0 clothing and exposed skin before heading home, making sure to brush off small\u00a0 creatures.<\/p>\n<p>Wearing light-colored clothing with long sleeves and long pants also is\u00a0 recommended.<\/p>\n<p>Lyme disease can start as a mild flu-like illness and develop into severe\u00a0 chronic health problems over time, according to the statement. If identified\u00a0 early, it can be successfully treated with antibiotics.<\/p>\n<p>About 1 percent or 2 percent of western black-legged ticks in the area carry\u00a0 the Lyme disease bacteria, officials said. This type of tick is most active from\u00a0 late November through May.<\/p>\n<p>More information is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawestvector.org\/tickbiology.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.lawestvector.org\/tickbiology.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source of this article: The Ventura County Star, April 11, 2013 Ticks at Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills recently tested positive for Lyme\u00a0 disease, authorities said Thursday. Three pools of western black-legged ticks found along the Coyote Trail were\u00a0 found to be positive, according to the Santa Monica Mountains National\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,18,20,12,19,21,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calabasas","category-conejo-valley","category-health","category-los-angeles","category-santa-monica-mountains","category-trail-hazard","category-ventura-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1094"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3621,"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094\/revisions\/3621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/venturacountytrails.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}