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Challenges in Lyme Disease Prevention

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

Spring Surge in Lyme Disease

Is more Lyme disease on the way?

The answer is yes, according to a leading expert on the spread of Lyme.

Cure Unknown

by Jonathan Galland

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.

Lyme Disease –Why Lyme is the Mystery Disease

by Dr. Leo Galland

Summer is peak season for transmission of Lyme disease.

The only known transporter of Lyme disease bacteria, the deer tick, goes through the most infectious stage of its life cycle in the summer. But you don’t need to be in contact with a deer to get a deer tick bite and Lyme disease.