Climate change may affect tick life cycles, Lyme disease

ENN
Feb 17, 2015, 1:51 pm21 pts
A new study suggests that changing climate patterns may be altering the life cycles of blacklegged ticks in the northeastern United States, which could increase transmission among animals – and ultimately humans – of certain pathogens, including the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. Other colder regions…

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