The northeastern U.S. should prepare for a surge in Lyme disease ...

The northeastern U.S. should prepare for a surge in Lyme disease this spring. And we can blame fluctuations in acorns and mouse populations, not the mild winter. So reports Dr. Richard S. Ostfeld, a disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY. What do acorns have to do with illness? Acorn crops vary from year-to-year, with boom-and-bust cycles influencing the winter survival and breeding success of white-footed mice...

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Source: http://www.kiefit.com/Health_Fitness/boom-and-bust-acorn-crops-and-a-decline-in-mice-leave-humans-vulnerable-to-lyme-disease-infected-ticks/

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