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  2. Lyme disease - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Southern tick-associated rash illness - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Borrelia - Wikipedia

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    Eight are known to cause Lyme disease or Borreliosis. [6] The major Borrelia species causing Lyme disease are Borrelia burgdorferi, Borrelia afzelii, and Borrelia garinii. [23] All species that cause Lyme disease are referred to collectively as B. burgdorferi sensu lato, [10] while B. burgdorferi itself is specified as B. burgdorferi sensu stricto.

  5. As ticks spread, the US is getting smart about ... - AOL

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    Grist finds that a revised CDC reporting system led to a 70% increase in reported cases of Lyme disease, but experts say more can be done. ... Now, a positive laboratory test is sufficient ...

  6. How a new surveillance method is identifying more cases of ...

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    There were more than 62,000 cases of Lyme disease reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2022 – nearly a 70% jump from the annual average from 2017 to 2019, ...

  7. Major test of first possible Lyme vaccine in 20 years begins

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    Researchers are seeking thousands of volunteers in the U.S. and Europe to test the first potential vaccine against Lyme disease in 20 years -- in hopes of better fighting the tick-borne threat.

  8. Live blood analysis - Wikipedia

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    A state medical board official said that live blood analysis has no discernible value, and that the public "should be very suspicious of any practitioner who offers this test." [2] In 2011, the UK General Medical Council suspended a doctor's licence to practise after he used live blood analysis to diagnose patients with Lyme disease. The doctor ...

  9. Chronic Lyme disease - Wikipedia

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    Patients who receive a false chronic Lyme diagnosis are frequently told that they have other diagnoses that are not scientifically recognized. [40] [41] Infections may be diagnosed even without compatible symptom history, exposure in an endemic area, or credible positive test results. [40]