How the Lyme disease epidemic is spreading and why ticks are so hard to stop
- Written by Durland Fish, Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases), Yale University
Ticks that transmit Lyme disease continue to expand their range.AP Photo/Robert F. BukatyIn the 1970s, an epidemic of mysterious arthritis-like symptoms began spreading among children in the lushly wooded area around Lyme, Connecticut. Scientists traced the cause to tick bites and named it Lyme disease, but why it had suddenly appeared there was a...
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