WESTONBy STEVE KOBAKHour Staff WriterWatch your back, Bambi. Weston is after you.

While vacationing in Martha’s Vineyard, Kris Newby and her husband were each bitten by ticks and contracted Lyme disease.

Biologists have identified an amino acid switch that flaviviruses flip to gain access to cells. Flaviviruses such as tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), yellow fever, and dengue are dangerous human pathogens.

Biologists have identified an amino acid switch that flaviviruses flip to gain access to cells. Flaviviruses such as tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), yellow fever, and dengue are dangerous human pathogens.