On September 30, 2020, a press conference was held to inform the public of the initial results of a research project aimed at developing and evaluating the effectiveness and implementation of a preventive intervention against Lyme disease.

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The project is led by the Université de Montréal, in collaboration with the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Direction de santé publique de l'Estrie, the Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe and the city of Bromont.

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Initial results are promising. They show that the implementation of a preventive treatment against tick-borne lyme disease in the town of Bromont appears to reduce the number of ticks carrying the disease.