Lyme disease ecology: Ticks, wildlife and acorns

Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported how vector-borne diseases, including tickborne diseases like Lyme have tripled in the past decade-plus. The Cary Institute's Dr. Richard Ostfeld has been investigating how wildlife, land use, acorns, and climate change set the stage for tick-borne disease transmission over the past two decades. With a decrease in ["]

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