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Bloodsucking Freaks
LIKE GOSSIP COLUMNISTS and paparazzi, ticks and other bloodsucking critters must serve an important role in our society. It's just not clear what that is.
Ixodes scapularis, the deer tick, which plies its trade here in our neck of the woods, is the sole purveyor of three illnesses: Lyme disease, human anaplasmosis (the illness formerly known as Ehrlichiosis), and babesiosis. A fourth, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, is brought to us by the familiar wood tick; fortunately, the disease is exceptionally rare in Minnesot...See the full content of this document
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