Welcome to TIC-NC
The
Tick-Borne Infections Council of North Carolina, Inc. is
a non-profit organization formed to improve the recognition, treatment,
control, and understanding of tick-borne diseases in North Carolina. Visit
the pages of our website to learn more about ticks
in North Carolina and about tick infections.
OUR GOALS
- Educate the public, medical and veterinary professionals, school health nurses, and the public health system about tick-borne diseases in North Carolina, including risk factors, emerging infections, and prevention.
- Encourage an enhanced public health response.
- Secure appropriate ongoing surveillance of tick-borne disease prevalence in at risk populations and disease prevalence in ticks and vectors by the public health sector and make this information available periodically to the public and the medical sector.
- Develop and maintain a registry of persons with tick-borne diseases in North Carolina.
- Encourage the public health sector to identify and characterize the newly emerging tick-borne infections in the Southeast.
If you currently have or have ever had any tick-borne infections, please click here to learn more about our registry.
Download a copy of our informative brochure.
Download our latest newsletter.
Learn more about joining our organization or helping us with a donation.
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If you are interested in helping support our cause, please contact us at 919-542-5573.