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Acorns’ Role in Lyme Risk
A 35-year study in New York found that an abundance of acorns may signal an increased risk of Lyme disease two summers later. Acorns provide food for mice and squirrels, causing their populations to grow; tick larvae then find more hosts from which to acquire the bacteria. Infected tick nymphs may transmit the bacteria to people if they bite them and remain attached for long enough.
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