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With a rise in tick, mosquito and flea-borne infections, come high health care costs

Dec 4, 2018
In Florida, changing climate and a lack of good diagnostic tools make it easier for insect-borne diseases like Eastern Equine Encephalitis to spread.
The number of people who got sick in the United States from an infected mosquito, tick, or flea tripled between 2004 and 2016.
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