Researchers To Probe Whether Lyme Disease Will Follow Spread Of Ticks Across U.S.

Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 00:35 in Biology & Nature

Potentially debilitating Lyme disease doesn't afflict people everywhere that the ticks harboring it are found. At least not yet. A five-university consortium wants to find out why. "These ticks are on the move. As ticks expand into new areas, more people will likely become infected," said Michigan State University fisheries and wildlife assistant professor Jean Tsao.

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