Lyme disease symptoms could be mistaken for COVID-19, with serious consequences
- Written by Jory Brinkerhoff, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Richmond
Ticks like this one, shown magnified with an electron microscope, can transmit bacteria that cause severe illnesses in humans.Fernando Otalora-Luna/University of Richmond, CC BY-SASummer is field season for ecologists like me, a time when my colleagues, students and I go out into fields and woods in search of ticks to study the patterns and...
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