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AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – A lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst discovered a new strain of bacteria in a tick last week. Researchers found that this has the potential to infect people ...

The discovery was made in a residential backyard in Maine where researchers were collecting rabbit ticks and testing them for pathogens, the university said.

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