Randy contributed:
L. Bailey wrote in 2001:
>>>(Isle of Wight Disease)was wrongly attributed to the (T) mite, which
causes no overt symptoms.<<<<<

It should be noted that the "disease" was not attributed to mites until
something like 7 years later and after other die-offs in the UK. 

Dick Marron

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