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Understanding Lyme Disease

April 22nd, 2009 by Rick

Lyme disease is caused by a micro-organism called Borrelia Burgdorferi - a type of Spirochete bacteria. Humans are infected when bitten by ticks that carry the germ. Although the Borrelia Burgdorferi bacteria has been detected in other species of ticks it is only the Deer tick and the Western black legged tick that are known to spread the disease to humans. These ticks spend part of their life cycle attached to animals such as deer and white-footed mice, which are natural reservoirs for the infection.


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