Category: Front Range Pest

New Lyme Disease Discovery Reinforces the Need for Year-Round Tick Prevention

Recent scientific research has identified an unexpected weakness in Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. The study revealed that the organism relies on the mineral manganese to defend itself against the body’s immune response. However, this dependence is also a liability: when manganese levels are either too low or too high, the bacterium’s..

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