Survey of pet dogs indicates Lyme disease risk much greater than previous estimates suggest

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 06:30 in Health & Medicine

Ticks infected with the bacteria that cause Lyme disease may be considerably more prevalent in the UK than expected, according to new research from the University of Bristol that used pet dogs as ‘sentinels’ for human disease risk.

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