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Tick researchers identify new strain of Rickettsia bacteria that causes spotted fever infections in humans

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    Apr 24, 2025, 11:16 am329 ptsTop
    In a residential backyard in Maine, Project ITCH researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst stumbled upon a surprise finding: rabbit ticks harboring a new type of bacteria related to a group of pathogens that can cause sometimes life-threatening spotted fever rickettsioses (SFR) infections in…
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