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

More:  http://www.physorg.com/news180792631.html

~ by Rob on December 23, 2009.

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