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New Yorkers Brace for Self-cloning Asian Longhorned Tick

New Yorkers Brace for Self-cloning Asian Longhorned Tick

March 28, 2019
earth and environmental sciences   health  

Found in Staten Island last summer, the tick is capable of transmitting disease and is spreading far faster than previously known. Public health officials are particularly concerned because the tick is able to quickly replicate itself.

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