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Want to predict Lyme disease risk? Count the acorns, not the deer - CIDRAP

Published by Umn.edu 19 August 2026 at 18:50
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Want to predict Lyme disease risk? Count the acorns, not the deer - CIDRAP
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If you want to know how bad a future tick season will be, it may be more useful to count the number of acorns on the ground than the number of deer in the forest. Thats one of several surprising fi… [+6254 chars]

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