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Collaring the mice that carry Lyme disease-causing ticks
The white-footed mouse is one of the hosts that provides a blood meal for the ticks that can spread Lyme disease. Credit: Phil Myers, http://animaldiversity.org White-footed mice in Howard County, Maryland are being collared as part of a study to improve …
Tick tock: Biologists show wildlife loss and climate change can synergistically increase tick abundance and the risk of tick-borne disease
While North Americans worry about Lyme disease carried by blacklegged or deer ticks, on the other side of the globe, people contend with a different variety of tick-borne fevers. A new study by UC Santa Barbara researchers and colleagues suggests that the …