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They belong to the genus called "Borrelia".

The name "Lyme" disease comes from the name of two towns in southeastern Connecticut, Lyme and Old Lyme, where the disease was studied in in 1975.

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What is the name of the bacterium that causes lyme disease how is lyme disease transmitted?

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