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It has been three decades since the agent of Lyme disease, the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, and the ticks that vector it were identified.

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by Jonathan Galland

Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Epidemic

With the movie Contagion spreading in the theaters, you might think the next epidemic will come from a scary outbreak of an exotic disease from far away.

 

But there is a silent epidemic that lurks in our backyards, parks and playgrounds: Lyme disease.

 

And it all starts with a tiny tick bite that you might not even see.

 

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