Tick (IMAGE)

Northeastern University

Tick

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The ticks that transmit Lyme dis­ease have mul­ti­plied aggres­sively over the past 20 years, and now thrive in half of all coun­ties in the US, according to a recent study in the Journal of Med­ical Entomology.

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YoungHee Jang/Northeastern University

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