Birds Play an Important Role in the Spread of Lyme Disease
Excerpted from PhysOrg.com ( Posted 12/23/2009)
— 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