Lyme disease

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  • Lyme disease symptoms could be mistaken for COVID-19, with serious consequences
    This tick trapped in ancient amber from the Dominican Republic can carry the type of bacteria that causes lyme disease.
    Summer is field season for ecologists like me, a time when my colleagues, students and I go out into fields and woods in search of ticks to study the patterns and processes that allow disease-causing microbes – primarily bacteria and viruses – to spread among wildlife and humans.
  • How the Lyme disease epidemic is spreading and why ticks are so hard to stop
    How the Lyme disease epidemic is spreading and why ticks are so hard to stop
    The rate of Lyme disease spread has been slow compared to mosquito-borne West Nile virus, yet the current epidemic of Lyme disease is steadily increasing. It is estimated to be spreading 30 kilometers per year.
  • Lyme Disease: Everything You Need To Know
    Brown tick on yellow leaf.
    Justin Bieber recently announced his battle with Lyme disease. Learn more about this health condition. Read on.
  • Lyme Disease: Everything You Need To Know
    Brown tick on yellow leaf.
    Justin Bieber recently announced his battle with Lyme disease. Learn more about this health condition. Read on.
  • Lyme disease: Justin Bieber’s tick-bite illness can cause joint pain, heart problems, and depression
    Justin Bieber
    Justin Bieber recently announced that for the last couple of years he’s been battling Lyme disease. Lyme disease, which is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, can be transmitted to humans if they’re bitten by an infected tick.