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Japan confirms first human-to-human transmission of tick-borne SFTS virus (www.japantimes.co.jp)

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[–] ultrafastsloth 6 points 7 months ago

Fun fact, when you see someone forest walking out their rectangle of white cloth or some dude waving a white flag at tall grass, it’s actually researchers collecting questing ticks (those that wait in the grass to catch onto something)

https://northernwoodlands.org/images/made/images/articles/1_forest_mgt_ticks_web_400_240_60.jpg