Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Lyme Disease Outfoxes Deer

Lyme Disease Outfoxes Deer:
Deer ticks and Lyme disease go hand-in-hand in some places. But you can’t always put the blame on Bambi. Because new research shows that the incidence of Lyme disease tracks less with the abundance of deer than it does with the disappearance of foxes. The study is in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . [Taal Levi et al, Deer, predators, and the emergence of Lyme disease ]
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