Researcher Links 'Silent Epidemic' to Hidden Pathogen
Thursday, December 4, 2008 - 15:42
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- A North Carolina State University researcher has discovered that certain tick-borne bacteria may be responsible for some chronic and debilitating neurological illnesses in humans, particularly among people with substantial animal contact or arthropod exposure.
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