Current Affairs Czech scientists announce discovery in battle against ticks

28-01-2009 16:34 | Dominik Jůn

Scientists in the Czech city of České Budějovice say they have discovered a protein that may reduce the appetite of ticks for human blood. Ticks have become an increasing problem in the summer months, and can carry Lyme’s disease as well as encephalitis, both of which can prove very dangerous to human health. Dominik Jůn has the story:

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