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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The population explosion in the county’s deer herd may create problems for others besides Rappahannock’s orchardists, farmers and gardners.
It may pose a threat to human health.
According to the April 1986 issue of Smithsonian magazine, a bacterial infection transmitted to humans by the bite of the deer tick is on the increase. Known as Lyme disease, named for the Connecticut town where it was first recognized a decade ago, it is characterized by a skin rash, intermittent muscular pains, irregular heart beat, chronic intestinal gas, weight loss, arthritic problems in joints, constant fatigue and lethargy, paralysis and even neurological disorders.
Researchers have concluded
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