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Lyme Disease
Lyme disease, or borreliosis, is an emerging infectious disease caused by at least three species of bacteria belonging to the genus Borrelia. Borrelia burgdorferi is the predominant cause of Lyme disease in the United States, whereas Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii are implicated in most European cases.

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in the Northern Hemisphere. Borrelia is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected hard ticks belonging to several species of the genus Ixodes. Early manifestations of infection may include fever, headache, fatigue, depression, and a characteristic skin rash called erythema migrans. Left untreated, late manifestations involving the joints, heart, and nervous system can occur. In most cases, the infection and its symptoms are eliminated with antibiotics, especially if diagnosis and treatment occur early in the course of illness. Late, delayed, or inadequate treatment can lead to late manifestations of Lyme disease which can be disabling and difficult to treat. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lyme Disease
Antibiotic treatment, symptoms such as severe fatigue, sleep disturbance, and cognitive difficulties, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, deer tick, the western black-legged tick, one of the fastest-growing infectious diseases in the United States. Antibiotic treatment, symptoms such as severe fatigue, sleep disturbance, and cognitive difficulties, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, deer tick, the western black-legged tick, one of the fastest-growing infectious diseases in the United States. Antibiotic treatment, symptoms such as severe fatigue, sleep disturbance, and cognitive difficulties, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, deer tick, the western black-legged tick, one of the fastest-growing infectious diseases in the United States. Antibiotic treatment, symptoms such as severe fatigue, sleep disturbance, and cognitive difficulties, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, deer tick, the western black-legged tick, one of the fastest-growing infectious diseases in the United States.