Insect-Borne Diseases Have Tripled. Here's Why.
Insect-Borne Diseases Have Tripled. Here's Why.
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
May 2, 20188m 24s
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Show Notes
The year 2004 was a simpler time to be an infectious disease doctor in the US. Zika and chikungunya hadn’t yet emerged. Mystery RNA viruses weren’t spreading by tick bite around America’s heartland, killing farmers and ranchers. Certainly no one was on the lookout for a meat allergy caused by a tick with a white splotch on its back the shape of Texas. But that was then.
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