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Lyme disease tick adapts to life on the (fragmented) prairie

A new study offers a detailed look at the status of Lyme disease in Central Illinois and suggests that deer ticks and the Lyme disease bacteria they host are more adaptable to new habitats than previously ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Emerging tick-borne disease: A domestic ecological mystery

Stories of environmental damage and their consequences always seem to take place far away and in another country, usually a tropical one with lush rainforests and poison dart frogs.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

As insects expand, new areas may become prone to Lyme disease

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last summer, after returning home from a walk in Madison's Dudgeon-Monroe neighborhood, Susan Paskewitz was astonished to find a deer tick crawling up her dog's hind leg. It was the first ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0