UMass Amherst tick testing lab joins national ecology tracking project

(University of Massachusetts at Amherst) The LMZ at UMass Amherst earned a two-year, renewable contract for up to $112,000 per year to test several thousand ticks for six bacterial and one protozoan pathogen using DNA-based assays. UMass Amherst microbiology professor and LMZ director Stephen Rich says these tests will detect the pathogens that cause Lyme disease, Anaplasmosis and Babesiosis, among others.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news