Blacklegged Ticks Are on the Move (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

Blacklegged Ticks Are on the Move

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Blacklegged ticks have expanded to new areas of the Northeastern United States by migration, according to a study by University of Pennsylvania researchers. The findings have implications for strategies to control these vectors of Lyme disease.

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