In 2008, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 28,921 confirmed cases of Lyme disease and an additional 6,277 probable cases in the United States. Looking at the number of confirmed cases since 1994, Lyme disease...
Lyme disease results from an infection of a bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi, which is caused by a bite from the Ixodes scapularis tick, commonly known as the deer tick. Other types of ticks and insects are known to carry Lyme disease but are...
Lyme disease is carried by infected ticks. The ticks are infected with the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi, or other species of Borrelia. Typically, the tick that carries this infection is the deer tick (Ixodes dammini), but a 2007 report by Vice...
A headache and a stiff neck may indicate a serious condition, especially when accompanied by fever. The individual may simply have a routine headache and the flu, as well as arthritis in the neck. But the person could also have Lyme disease,...
Lyme disease was named after Old Lyme, Connecticut because it was in this town that the first cases were diagnosed. The disease is spread by an infected tick. Since the tick that carries the disease has been infected by a bacteria, if you contract...
