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

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 ...

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

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, ...

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

If a stroll through a forest or meadow has left you with tiny hitchhikers latched onto your skin, be mindful. It’s not just the bites that are worrisome; these ticks carry with them the silent threat ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 .

As of July 1, county health officials have reported 10 cases of the disease in 2025. Officials warn that if that trend ...

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 .