[header] How to reduce your lyme disease risk [title] Limit exposure to ticks. [step] Lyme disease is the major tick-borne illness in the us, asia, and europe. In the us it is mostly in the northeast and midwest, though it appears to be spreading along the pacific northwest coast. 
Be sure to protect yourself from ticks if you are in an area that is known to have ticks. [substeps] The centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) has a map showing where active lyme disease cases have been reported.