Lyme disease Lyme Disease Lyme borreliosis‚ commonly known as Lyme diseases is an infectious bacterial disease transmitted through the bite of the blacklegged tick. It is named after the neighboring towns of Lyme and old Lyme‚ Connecticut. The first reported cases of Lyme disease came from these towns in 1975. Although‚ it was not discovered that the disease was a tick-born disease until 1978 by Allen Steere. Today it is the most common disease caused by ticks throughout the
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Disease Lyme Disease is a major problem‚ especially in New England‚ which is where it started. Lyme Disease is spread around by deer ticks; they feed on an organism and that organism may get infected. The bacteria that causes Lyme Disease is Borrelia Burgdorferi‚ a spirochete that causes a lot of damage to your body. However‚ there are two different solutions that could stop Lyme Disease from spreading even more: vaccines and population control. Deer ticks get Lyme from the mice they prey on as larvae
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Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that spreads throughout the body from the bite of a tick. Lyme disease is a bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi (B. burgdorferi) and the body’s immune response to the infection (Meyerhoff‚ 2013). Ticks pick up B. burgdorferi from another host such as deer or mice; they then transfer it to humans (Lyme disease‚ n.d.). B burgdorferi is carried in the midgut of the tick and is transferred to a human in the form of spirochete (Meyerhoff‚ 2013). A spirochete is a
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Tularemia (Rabbit Fever‚ Deer-fly Fever) Tularemia is an infective disease caused by the gram negative bacteria Francisella tularensi (F. tularensis)‚ which is found in habitats limited to the Northern division. (misc.medscape.com)The disease got the name description in 1911 of a plague like illness found in ground squirrels in Tulare County‚ California‚ by Dr. Edward Francis. This bacteria is usually found in rabbits‚ and can also found in other small animals like rodents‚ muskrats‚ beavers‚ squirrels
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Lyme disease is a bacterial disease that affects over 200‚000 each year. It is caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. It is transmitted through the bite of blacklegged ticks (deer ticks). These ticks are found in grassy and wooded areas. Female nymphal or young black-legged ticks carry and transmit the Lyme disease bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi the most. Common symptoms of Lyme disease are fever‚ muscle pain‚ joint pain‚ headache‚ fatigue‚ and a characteristic skin rash called Erythema migrans
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Lyme Disease and Its Effects on The Body with a Focus On The Immune System. Lyme disease is an infection of the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. It can be contracted by a bite from ticks‚ along with many other vector-borne diseases. It can affect all systems in the body and can cause significant damage to the nervous system. The disease can be cured through antibiotics‚ but many times it goes unnoticed until it has already done damage. It has a wide range of symptoms because it effects all systems
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disease is caused by a type of bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi‚ which has several hybrid strains that lead to this illness. These microorganisms are transmitted to humans through ticks that belong to the Ixodes genus‚ like the deer tick. These ticks are normally uninfected; they only acquire the bacteria when they bite infected animals. Once they get infected‚ ticks move on to other hosts‚ including humans‚ and they transmit Borrelia burgdorferi when they bite their host and their saliva (containing
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serious disease if not treated early enough. The most important way to keep from getting the disease is prevention. Education is the key to prevention. The only way to contract the disease is to be bitten by a tick that is carrying the bacteria Borrelia Burgoloferi. By educating the public on the facts of the disease and how it is transmitted will greatly lower the number of cases each year. Facts on Lyme disease: Outbreaks: First outbreak 1975 Outbreak 1993 Scattered outbreaks
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experience a flu pandemic? The Spanish Flu in 1918. 6. What are 3 symptoms of chikungunya fever? fever‚ headache‚ and vomiting 7. What bacterium causes Lyme’s disease? Borrelia burgdorferi 8. What is ‘erythema migrans?’ It is the rash often seen in the early stages of Lyme disease. It’s an actual skin infection with Borrelia burgdorferi. It is also the only manifestation of Lymes disease that allows clinical diagnosis in the absence of laboratory confirmation. 9. Find a disease transmitted by rabbits
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Lyme Disease Lyme disease is a disease that is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi‚ and is spread through the bite of infected ticks. In the United States‚ there are two coastal ticks that spread the disease in the east and west. The blacklegged tick‚ or deer tick‚ spreads it in the northeastern‚ north-atlantic. The western blacklegged tick spreads the disease on the west coast. Ticks can attach to any part of the human body but are often found in hard-to-see areas such as the groin‚ armpits
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