Over one million people
Only The U.S., Canada, Europe, And Asia have lyme disease
Blacklegged ticks are carriers of lyme disease
Anyone can be at risk of Lymes Disease if they come in contact with an infected tick.
Lyme disease is generally not considered as a sexually transmitted disease. So no, a woman can't give Lyme disease to a man.
Ticks get infected with the Lyme disease bacteria when they feed on an infected animal, such as mice or deer. The bacteria then multiply and are passed on to other hosts, including humans, through the tick's bite while feeding.
No, bed bugs do not carry Lyme disease. Lyme disease is primarily transmitted to humans through the bite of infected ticks, particularly the black-legged tick.
22,561 people had Lyme Disease in 2010
Lyme disease is spread by ticks. Lyme disease can be pretty much everywhere.
Actually, it wasn't named after SOMEBODY, it was named after a city in Connecticut. Lyme, Connecticut in 1975.Children usually got arthritis, and the disease eventually infected the skin, joints, nervous system, and, if untreated, other organs.
it was named after a town in Connecticut because all these people were getting lyme disease...me my mom and my step dad all had lyme disease
No. Lyme disease is a tick-borne infectious disease.While it may be possible to get Lyme disease through sexual intercourse with an infected person, there is still research being done to prove or disprove this theory.It is not, however, a sexually transmitted disease.Some say Lyme Disease can not be sexually transmitted and that Lyme Disease is transmitted through a tick that is infected with it. However, research has proven that the lyme bacterium can be transmitted through any biting insect not just ticks. Also one of the lyme bacterium is a spirochete (Borrelia Berdorfi). A well known sexually transmitted disease is syphilis which is a spirochete.Till further studies prove this wrong I would assume that Lyme can be transmitted through the sharing of body fluids.
Lyme disease is spread by the bite of an infected blacklegged tick. The tick becomes infected by feeding on mammals or birds that carry the bacteria. The bacteria responsible for Lyme disease is called Borrelia burgdorferi.