The Conversation

Fri Jul 12

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

There'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,...

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

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