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Ticks spread plenty more for you to worry about beyond Lyme disease

  • Written by Jerome Goddard, Extension Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University
Ticks spread plenty more for you to worry about beyond Lyme diseaseThere's a short window between when a tick bites and when it passes on bacteria or virus.MSU Ag Communications, Courtesy Dr. Tina Nations, CC BY-ND

When it comes to problems caused by ticks, Lyme disease hogs a lot of the limelight. But various tick species carry and transmit a collection of other pathogens, some of which cause serious, even fatal,...

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