Ticks that cause Lyme disease as plentiful near beaches as in the woods

Outlet: NBC Today Show

NBC Today Show: “We went into new habitats and found them in numbers we didn’t expect,” said lead author Daniel Salkeld, a research scientist at Colorado State University. “A few years ago I would have said the ticks there wouldn’t have been infected because there aren’t any grey squirrels, which are the source for Lyme in California.”

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