Is $3m in tick disease research failing to learn from the past?

By Jamie Brown
Updated January 23 2019 - 9:32am, first published January 20 2019 - 12:00pm
This bulls-eye rash, from a tick bit in the US state of Virginia, is a sign of potential tick disease and which requires immediate antibiotics as prescribed by a doctor, advocates a retired veterinarian who did his research on cattle.
This bulls-eye rash, from a tick bit in the US state of Virginia, is a sign of potential tick disease and which requires immediate antibiotics as prescribed by a doctor, advocates a retired veterinarian who did his research on cattle.

Recent federal funding to investigate tick disease in humans might miss an opportunity to solve the strange conundrum if they fail to look at lessons learned while researching cattle tick disease 50 years ago.

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