Does every tick carry disease?
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Lone star ticks, the American dog tick, the Rocky Mountain wood tick and the brown dog tick do not transmit the disease. Fact: First of all, not all deer ticks are infected with the Lyme disease bacterium. ... "If you look for ticks every day and -- [if you] find them -- remove them, you aren't likely to get Lyme disease."