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Lyme disease (also known as Lyme Borreliosis) is caused by a bacterial infection that can be transmitted from infected ticks to humans and animals. It is the most common disease transmitted by an insect in the United States; however, can be found also be found all around the world. The bacteria that is infects these ticks (which in return infect humans or animals) is called Borrelia Burgdorfei, and once a human or animal becomes infected with this bacteria, it only takes a few days to develop the Lyme disease.
In different parts of the United States, two types of ticks carry the bacteria that can cause Lyme disease: Deer ticks spread Lyme disease in the northeastern and upper Midwestern United States, while Western black-legged ticks spread the disease on the Pacific coast (mostly Northern California and Oregon).
Lyme disease is on the rise in the United States. The incidences of Lyme disease have doubled in the U. ... And while Lyme disease is transmittable to everyone, you chances of catching the disease are higher if you live in the northeastern, mid-Atlantic, north-central, or Pacific coast of the U. ... (because these areas are highly infested with ticks that carry Lyme disease) and/or are between the ages of five and nine years old or fifty to fifty nine years (due to greater exposure to infected ticks).
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