Lyme Disease Bug Came From Europe Before Ice Age
Sunday, June 29, 2008 - 14:35
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The bacterium responsible for Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, originated in America, or so researchers thought. Now, however, scientists has shown that this bug in fact came from Europe, originating from before the Ice Age.
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