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N.C. State: Bacterium Associated With Disease Found in N.C. Chiggers
July 13, 2023
RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 13 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release:

A bacterium that causes a disease called scrub typhus - a disease not previously reported in the United States - has been detected in North Carolina, according to a new study by researchers at North Carolina State University and UNC-Greensboro.

The researchers stress that scrub typhus, which can cause fever, headache and body aches - and can be fatal if left u . . .

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