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disease that is transmitted to humans and other animals through the bite of a tick. Ticks are arthropods that feed on the blood of a diversity of animals.
Fortunately, every tick bite does not result in Lyme disease. The disease manifests only in the presence of three species of Borrelia. In the US Borrelia burgdorferi is
the most common cause of the disease. Borrelia is a corkscrew-shaped bacteria found in the ticks gut and saliva. Lyme disease is transmitted to the host only when
the bite has been of a duration for the bacteria to be transferred from the tick to its victim. Reports of Lyme Disease within the US exceed reports of any
other vector borne disease. Although the disease was just discovered in 1972 it is now one of the more commonly suspected illnesses when an individual presents to the doctor
with flu-like symptoms (such as fatigue, headache, muscular and joint aches, and chills) and an obvious insect bite. Left untreated the disease can be debilitating.
Borrelia burgdorferi is found in the mid gut of Ixodes ticks, a genera that includes several species, all of which are known commonly as deer
ticks. The bacterias common reservoir is rodents. Immature ticks in particular are common in rodent populations and that is where they become infected with the bacteria. As
their common name suggests, however, one of the more common hosts of the adult specimens of ticks is deer. Infected ticks transmit the bacteria to their hosts.
Consequently, more rural areas with large deer populations are more often associated with Lyme disease because the deer distribute the infected ticks over large geographic areas. Humans typically encounter
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