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Climate change could help ticks spread diseases via migrating birds
A new study suggests that it’s getting easier for ticks to survive and spread thanks to climate change. The post Climate ...
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Thousands in West Virginia struck down by 'mystery' tick-borne
Ticks carrying Lyme Disease in West Virginia have risen into the thousands It mirrors a pattern of surging infections across much of the country READ MORE: Top doctor reveals Bella Hadid's intense ...
Tick Invasions Take Flight: The Climate Link to Global Pathogen Spread
Ticks have always traveled on migrating birds — but the rising temperatures of the climate crisis mean they may now survive ...
How hitchhiking ticks are bringing diseases to new places
Ticks are some of Earth’s most effective disease vectors. They can connect humans and domestic animals to diseases that ...
Migrating birds have stowaways: Invasive ticks could spread novel diseases around the world, say scientists
Ticks travel light, but they carry pathogens with them. When they parasitize migrating birds, these journeys can take them thousands of miles away from their usual geographic range. Historically, they ...
Rates of blacklegged ticks with Lyme disease infection on the rise
Twenty-one blacklegged ticks were submitted to the Thunder Bay District Health Unit between the end of September and the end ...
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Migrating birds have stowaway passengers: invasive ticks could spread novel diseases around the world
and so could the pathogens they carry Ticks travel light, but they carry pathogens with them. When they parasitize migrating birds, these journeys can take them thousands of miles away from their ...