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Tick Check! Meet Your Backyard Bloodsuckers

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Understanding Ticks and Their Impact on Human Health

This chapter explores the intriguing biology of ticks and their significant role as disease carriers, particularly focusing on Lyme disease in the U.S. It discusses the feeding behavior of ticks, revealing how they can attach to their hosts for extended periods and gain substantial weight.

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