Researchers to probe whether Lyme disease will follow spread of ...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Tue, 09/15/2009 - 22:00

(Michigan State University) Potentially debilitating Lyme disease doesn't afflict people everywhere that the ticks harboring it are found.

At least not yet. A five-university consortium led by a Michigan State University researcher wants to find out why.

"These ticks are on the move. As ticks expand into new areas, more people will likely become infected," said MSU fisheries and wildlife assistant professor Jean Tsao.

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