Small, fast, and crowded: Mammal traits amplify tick-borne illness
Friday, September 19, 2014 - 05:00
in Health & Medicine
In the U.S., some 300,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease annually. Thousands also suffer from babesiosis and anaplasmosis, tick-borne ailments that can occur alone or as co-infections with Lyme disease. According to a new paper published in PLOS ONE, when small, fast-living mammals abound, so too does our risk of getting sick.