Latoyia Downs, left, graduate student in USM’s School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences, is pictured with Dr. Deepak Kumar, postdoctoral researcher in USM’s Center for Molecular and Cellular Biosciences.
HATTIESBURG — According to recent estimates reported to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, cases of Lyme disease have rapidly increased in the United States to more than 476,000 annually, and health care-related costs exceed $1 billion annually.
