The Rise of the Tick

The Rise of the Tick

Outside Magazine has a nice story on Lyme disease ecology in which they discuss some of the results of our recent PNAS paper. Some species may even be able to control tick numbers and infection prevalence not by killing the ticks but by killing their favorite hosts....
Predators, Prey and Lyme Disease

Predators, Prey and Lyme Disease

From the NY Times, a great article on our recent PNAS paper showing a possibly important role of predators in the emergence of Lyme disease.  Be sure to read the comments section.  Taal does a brilliant job of answering a number of tough questions about the study....