Dear
Public Service Director:
We
hope you can use the following to help educate your audience
about how to prevent tick-spread disorders. Your audience can
obtain free information and resources on Lyme disease in several
ways:
Mail:
People can send a self-addressed, stamped business-size envelope
to the LDF, One Financial Plaza, Hartford, CT 06013. With two
stamps, people will receive our new color brochures: Guide to
Lyme Disease, Guide to Tick-borne Disorders, and our color Wallet
Tick-Card.
Phone: Call the LDF's 24-hour Hotline at 800-886-LYME (5963)
Web: Lyme.org email: Lymefnd@aol.com
Sincerely,
Thomas
E. Forschner, Executive Director
- Many
county health departments in areas with a high incidence of Lyme
disease will have LDF audio and video tapes on file for loan.
-
LDF
B-ROLL - 3 1/2 minutes
- Proper
tick removal - video showing skin and tweezers grasping a tick
and pulling it straight out.
- Close-up
of a tick crawling on a person's arm. The camera zooms out to
show the adult ticks size in relationship to a man's watch.
- Picture
of two adult black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis). (lt to rt)
male and female. Voice-over.
- Picture
of the three active stages of the Western black-legged ticks
(Ixodes pacificus). (lt to rt) larva, nymph, adult male, adult
female. Voice-over.
- Picture
of the Lyme rash ("EM" = erythema migrans) on dark
skin.
- Electron
microscope picture of Lyme disease spirochetes (a type of bacteria),
Borrelia burgdorferi growing in culture.
- Picture
of the Lyme rash ("EM" = erythema migrans) on light
skin.
- Video
of proper dress with the person walking in the woods tucking
pants into socks. Voice-over.
- Spraying
clothes for ticks spraying clothes with tick repellent. Voice-over.
- Video
of the tick removal kit mentioned in PSA # 7. Voice-over.
- Picture
of normal vs. facial palsy (Bell's palsy-like) due to neurologic
Lyme disease.
- Graphic
of "For more information contact" with the LDF's name
and address.
