Or if the tick is carrying Lyme disease, the bite may present as ... their bites and attached bodies are often really hard to ...

Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness primarily transmitted ... surveillance data to understand how the disease is spreading, identify populations at risk and guide the development and evaluation ...

Donna Luger was diagnosed with Lyme disease twelve years ago. She recalls the experience as being a constant battle with illness, fatigue, and flu-like symptoms. “I was in bed and not mobile ...

Yen Lau, 32, from Glasgow, got Lyme disease after being bitten on a camping trip on a small island on Loch Lomond. She was unaware of the risk posed by infected ticks and covered a tell-tale rash ...

Dec. 9—Lyme disease cases again set a new record in Maine this year, as the tick-borne illness continues to spread and intensify, especially in the Midcoast and Down East regions.

The parasites, which spread infections including Lyme disease ... Blood tests are able to identify certain strains of the disease, but not all. And not all ticks carry the disease.

All laboratory testing including CBC, CMP and Lyme titers were ... and the recovered tick and severed mouthparts may be preserved in 75% ethanol for identification. The patient should be ...