Lyme Disease is Spreading

未能成功加载,请稍后再试
0/0

近日,贾斯汀·比伯在社交媒体上透露自己身患莱姆病。说到莱姆病,很多人都比较陌生。这是一种以蜱为媒介的螺旋体感染性疾病,是由伯氏疏螺旋体所致的自然疫源性疾病,莱姆病在全球均有流行。

Hiking has so many benefits.

It's healthy and fun, everyone's doing it on Instagram, and it's the perfect time to snap some aggressively enthusiastic nature pics for your Tinder profile.

But, before you rush into the woods with a selfie-stick or hang out in the fields you need to be aware of these little bastards.

Tickborne diseases are on the rise.

Cases of Lyme disease in particular have almost tripled in the last two decades in the US.

Why are there so many more ticks in the country?

Researchers point to climate change as one of the main reasons.

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the US.

The bacteria typically lives in mice, birds, deer, and other animals that ticks like to feed on.

But it finds its way to humans when infected ticks casually latch on to them in wooded areas.

下载全新《每日英语听力》客户端,查看完整内容