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Splitting hairs to keep the public safe
February 24, 2026

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, Feb. 24 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news:

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Splitting hairs to keep the public safe

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Counting the marginal dorsal hairs on blacklegged tick larvae would probably be a tedious affair for most people. But it is a normal day for me in the Medical Entomology Laboratory of the Illinois Natural History Survey.

I need a stereomicroscope to see the . . .

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