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Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick– also called a deer tick — is a risk during spring, summer, and fall. A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease while 20% to 25% of the younger (nymph) blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria…
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In the Northeast, 50% of adult ticks carry Lyme disease carrying bacteria
Randy Haslett
05:20
Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick– also called a deer tick — is a risk during spring, summer, and fall. A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease while 20% to 25% of the younger
