Birds Play an Important Role in the Spread of Lyme Disease
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - 12:49
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- The range of Lyme disease is spreading in North America and it appears that birds play a significant role by transporting the Lyme disease bacterium over long distances, a new study by the Yale School of Public Health has found. The study appears online in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.