Lyme disease is not rare; in fact, it is the most common vector-borne illness in the United States. Despite being widespread, ...

When ticks bite us, they release thousands of proteins through their saliva. Could a vaccine for the right ones stop ticks ...

Researchers have identified Borrelia mayonii as the second species of bacteria capable of transmitting Lyme disease to humans in North America, according to findings published in Lancet Infectious ...

Chronic lyme disease lacks an accepted clinical definition and objective evidence of the infection, ... There is no systematic evidence that Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiology of Lyme disease, ...

An 8-year-old boy from Myrtle Beach battles late-stage Lyme disease after a missed early diagnosis. His parents face ...

The Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services Department (HCS) released their 2024 test results for blacklegged ticks, ...

A genetic analysis of Lyme disease bacteria may pave the way for improved diagnosis, treatment and prevention of the ...

Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium known as Borrelia burgdorferi and rarely, borrelia mayonii, which is transmitted to humans after an infected blacklegged tick bites them, per the Centers for ...

Lyme disease is caused by the bite of a blacklegged tick and the western blacklegged tick – which carry the bacterial species Borrelia burgdorferi. Regions where Lyme disease-carrying ticks are ...

Most cases of Lyme disease result from a person contracting the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. However, in rare cases, it may be the result of Borrelia mayonii .

Doctors' misdiagnosis left a Brit beauty bedridden after a yearslong battle with Lyme disease, which she was only diagnosed with in February. Pageant queen Kirstie Haysman told SWNS that her body ...

Both humans and dogs can get Lyme disease through infection of the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. The infection spreads through deer tick bites, known as Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus .