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Bookmark or Share- Lyme disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo ClinicLyme disease is an illness caused by borrelia bacteria. Humans usually get Lyme disease from the bite of a tick carrying the bacteria. Ticks that can carry borrelia bacteria live throughout most of the United States. But Lyme disease is most common in the upper Midwest and the northeastern and mid-Atlantic states.
- Lyme Disease | Lyme Disease | CDC - Centers for Disease Control and ...Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States. Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and rarely, Borrelia mayonii. It is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks. Typical symptoms include fever, headache, fatigue, and a characteristic skin rash called erythema migrans.
- Lyme Disease Signs & Symptoms - Johns Hopkins Medicine Lyme Disease ...Know what to do when bitten by a tick. More rash information. The Lyme disease rash, called erythema migrans, is: Round or oval, enlarges in size over days/weeks, & will not fade in a few days. Usually greater than 2” inches in diameter, often 6-8” Usually uniformly red.
- Lyme Disease: Symptoms, Signs, Treatment, and More - HealthlineTakeaway. Lyme disease results from the bite of an infected tick. It can cause many symptoms, including a bull’s-eye rash and joint pain, and may result in post-Lyme disease syndrome. Lyme...
- Lyme Disease | Tick-borne Diseases | Ticks | CDCLyme disease is most frequently reported from the upper midwestern, northeastern, and mid-Atlantic states where it is spread by Ixodes scapularis ticks. Some cases are also reported from northern California, Oregon, and Washington, where it is spread by Ixodes pacificus ticks.
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