Disease caused by insect bites can be transmitted to children at birth

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 - 09:50 in Health & Medicine

A North Carolina State University researcher has discovered that bacteria transmitted by fleas - and potentially ticks - can be passed to human babies by the mother, causing chronic infections and raising the possibility of bacterially induced birth defects...

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