In his latest installment of stories from Mayo Clinic Laboratories, the Bow Tie Bandit offers a new discussion on a bug that bugs us all. (Well okay, a tick is actually an arachnid, not an insect, but that's beside the point).

In Tick Talk with Bobbi Pritt, M.D., the Bow Tie Bandit, aka Justin Kreuter, M.D., gets answers about everything from the basics of ticks to trending topics such as the diseases they carry, testing, and most importantly how we can protect ourselves from them.

Tick Talk is the second in a new series of podcasts hosted by Dr. Kreuter.

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