Ticks may have carried Lyme disease for more than 15 million years

Thursday, May 29, 2014 - 18:31 in Biology & Nature

A tiny tick trapped in a droplet of amber more than 15 million years ago appears to have been infected with a bacteria similar to the one that causes Lyme disease in humans, according to new research.

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