Lyme Disease Vocabulary
What is Lyme Disease? Lyme Disease is the fastest growing vector-borne illness in the United States (surpassing AIDS 6-fold). It is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria ‘Borrelia Burgdorferi’ which is transmitted by ticks. Annually there are over 300,000 new cases of Lyme Disease, and it is growing every year. The symptoms of Lyme Disease begin …