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Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a tick-borne disease caused by species of Borrelia bacteria, transmitted by blood-feeding ticks in the genus Ixodes. [4] [9] [10] The most common sign of infection is an expanding red rash, known as erythema migrans (EM), which appears at the site of the tick bite about a week afterwards. [1]
Drew Barrymore’s adorable dog Douglas has been diagnosed with Lyme disease. The 14-year-old rescue pup’s health condition was brought up by guest Carol Kane during Tuesday’s episode of The ...
It is a rare disease in dogs, with cats seven to ten times more likely to be infected. The disease in dogs can affect the lungs and skin, but more commonly the eye and central nervous system. [20] Ringworm is a fungal skin disease that in dogs is caused by Microsporum canis (70%), Microsporum gypseum (20%), and Trichophyton mentagrophytes (10% ...
Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI) is an emerging infectious disease related to Lyme disease that occurs in southeastern and south-central United States. It is spread by tick bites and it was hypothesized that the illness was caused by the bacteria Borrelia lonestari. However, there is insufficient evidence to declare this Borrelia ...
The Western blacklegged tick, which can also spread Lyme disease but primarily lives on the West Coast. The lone star tick can transmit Heartland virus and Southern tick-associated rash illness.
This rash was known as erythema chronicum migrans, the skin rash found in early-stage Lyme disease. [ 18 ] In the 1920s, French physicians Garin and Bujadoux described a patient with meningoencephalitis, painful sensory radiculitis, and erythema migrans following a tick bite, and they postulated the symptoms were due to a spirochetal infection.
About 63,000 cases of Lyme disease were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2022, according to a report released last month. That’s a nearly 70% jump in the number of ...
Erythema migrans, bullseye or target lesion—typical of Lyme disease but not always present. Lyme disease was first described in Europe in 1883 and in the 1970s in North America. It is an illness caused by a spiral-shaped bacterium called a spirochaete. The best-known culprit is Borrelia burgdorferi, but many different Borrelia species cause ...