{"id":6,"date":"2017-06-14T23:04:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T23:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetickapp.wordpress.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2024-06-14T18:18:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T18:18:20","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tickapp.us\/?page_id=6","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Through The Tick App, we aim to determine where and\n
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About The App<\/span><\/a>\n <\/span> About the team<\/span><\/a>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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The main goal of this project is to study human behavior, tick exposure and the risk of Lyme disease using a citizen science approach via a smartphone application.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Your On-The-Go<\/p>\n

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EXPLORE<\/h4>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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