COLUMBIA — The weather has cooled, and the arrival of fall means an end to a tick season that saw the number of tick-borne illnesses double statewide from the previous year.
Number of tick-borne diseases doubles across Missouri
The possible explanations for the increase in diseases spread by ticks vary by scientist.
Friday, November 16, 2007 | 2:00 p.m. CST;
updated 4:18 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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