So you’ve been bitten by a tick. Here’s why you’ll have to pay a private lab to test it for pathogens

As the weather gets warmer and Canadians shed their winter layers to get out in the sun, we should beware of a growing danger in our cities, suburbs and rural areas: ticks and the diseases they carry. Ticks are now so prevalent in some regions of Canada that case counts are soaring, so no matter how vigilant we are, some of us are going to get bitten and go on to get Lyme disease…

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CanLyme reference