There’s an epidemic of tick-transmitted Lyme disease, with possibly 476,000 people a year diagnosed and treated in the U.S.

Does the rise in diseases like Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever mean tick populations are on the rise? Are there ...

Lyme disease is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia mayonii, bacteria found in the saliva of infected black-legged ...

Given that the etiologic agent, Borrelia burgdorferi, is difficult to culture in routine clinical laboratories, there has been a long-standing controversy over whether this pathogen can cause ...

Q. Can you get Lyme disease in Hawaii? A. It’s possible, but the odds are against it. This is from the Hawaii State Department of Health: “Lyme disease is an illness caused by bacteria ...

will use the contract funding to study the human response to Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that is spread through a tick bite and causes Lyme disease. The goal is to identify which ...

burgdorferi. Using quantitative PCR to detect the bacteria, the researchers found that 80 percent of mice vaccinated with OspA mRNA were protected from B. burgdorferi infection compared to 50 percent ...