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Message: [QUOTE="ClifSpliffy, post: 3250031, member: 9260"] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gives a longer time frame for transmission. "In most cases, the tick must be attached for 36 to 48 hours or more before the Lyme disease bacterium can be transmitted," [URL='https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/transmission/index.html']the CDC website says.[/URL] Alison Hinckley, a CDC epidemiologist specializing in Lyme disease, said several studies show that a tick "needs to be attached for 48 to 72 hours to even be able to transmit the infection to a person." [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/07/24/631814695/ticks-and-lyme-disease-3-factors-determine-risk-of-infection[/URL] [/QUOTE]