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Nia Okonkwo, RN, is a county public health nurse managing vector-borne illness surveillance. She entered local government service after working in hospital infection control, following undergraduate nursing studies at Georgetown University. She conducts patient case follow-ups and leads public education sessions on tick-bite prevention.

How to Tell How Long a Tick Was Attached?Safety
Why Do Mosquitoes Like Type O Blood?Bugs
Do Ticks Like Heat? How Temperature Affects Their Survival Bugs
What Other Bugs Look Like Ticks and How to Identify Them Bugs
Can Roaches Cause Rashes? The Allergic Reaction Explained Skin & Hair
Can Fleas Smell Blood? How They Actually Find a Host Bugs
Why Do Mosquitoes Go for Ankles and Feet?Bugs
The Science of Blood Sucking Organisms Zoology
Can Gnats Really Live Inside Your Body?Bugs
Do Horse Fly Bites Itch? Why They Do & How to Treat Them Safety
What Are Water Ticks and Should You Be Concerned?Bugs
Does the Lone Star Tick Carry Lyme Disease? A Closer Look Bugs
Dermacentor reticulatus: Identification, and Diseases Bugs
The Biology of Blood-Sucking Insects and Their Dangers Bugs
What Do Fly Bites Look Like? Pictures & Identification Bugs
Can Mosquito Bites Form in Clusters?Bugs
The Expanding Global Aedes Aegypti Range Bugs
What Is a Nymphal Tick and What Are the Dangers?Bugs
Deadly Tick Species and the Diseases They Carry Bugs
Mansonia Mosquitoes: Control and Disease Prevention Bugs
Mosquito Aedes Aegypti: Traits, Diseases, and Prevention Bugs
What Is Mallophaga? Biting Lice Life Cycle & Health Risks Bugs
Mosquito Vision: How They See & What Colors Attract Them Bugs
Hard Ticks: Identification, Diseases, and Protection Bugs
Are Mosquitoes Attracted to Sweat? The Science Bugs
What Is a Triggers Bug and How Do You Treat Its Bite?Bugs
What Is the Ixodes Holocyclus or Paralysis Tick?Bugs
Anoplura: Sucking Lice Characteristics and Medical Importance Bugs
Mosquito Saliva: Why Bites Itch and Spread Disease Immunity
What Body Odor Attracts Mosquitoes?Bugs