Toxic Ticks on ABC Catalyst. See https://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/toxic-ticks/11016632 .

Do Australian ticks pose a greater health risk than we thought? For people suffering from Lyme-like disease, it's a controversial mystery that science has so far been unable to resolve. 

For the first time, microbes inside native Aussie ticks are being probed, leading to new discoveries which may reveal the causes of unexplained illnesses in the future.

Duration: 28min 41sec
Broadcast: Tue 5 Jul 2016, 12:00am