From the Daily Mail, June 1:
- Mutant said to combine 'worst qualities' of two common types of Russian tick
- The discovery comes amid swarm of ticks, said to be caused by warmer weather
- In one region of Siberia, reports say there are 428 times more ticks than usual
- Concerns raised over hospitals running out of vaccines to treat bites victims
A new 'mutant' blood-sucking tick has been discovered in
Russia amid a surge in tick bite victims, according to official government papers.
In
one region of Siberia, there is reportedly 428 times more ticks than
usual, reports from the Russian defence ministry's own newspaper
suggest.
And scientists have now
reportedly discovered a mutant form of the arachnid which is said to
have the 'worst qualities' of two common forms of ticks found in Russia....
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