Dartmouth College: In the Northeast, 50% of Adult Ticks Carry Lyme Disease
January 17, 2025
January 17, 2025
HANOVER, New Hampshire, Jan. 17 (TNSjou) -- Dartmouth College issued the following news:
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Study maps tick abundance and Lyme disease bacteria prevalence over 30 years.
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Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick--also called a deer tick--is a risk during spring, summer, and fall. A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites & Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes . . .
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Study maps tick abundance and Lyme disease bacteria prevalence over 30 years.
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Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick--also called a deer tick--is a risk during spring, summer, and fall. A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites & Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes . . .