Important Symptoms, Stages And Treatment For Lyme Disease
January 10, 2018
Lyme disease is an infection caused by the bacteria that is transmitted through the bite of an infected black-legged tick or deer tick. Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria commonly infects animals such as birds, small rodents, and deer. When ticks bite the infected animals, they may become infected themselves, and then continue to pass the infection on to other animals, including human hosts. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the chances of getting Lyme disease is dependent on the kind of tick, where and when the bite occurred, and how long the tick was attached. Black-legged ticks must be attached for a minimum of twenty-four hours to transmit Lyme disease.