Jenny Hyde, Ph.D.

Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochetal bacterium that causes Lyme disease, is the most common tick-borne infection in the United States with over 35,198 cases reported in 2008.  This value represented a 28% and 77% increase in incidence in the previous two years of reporting, respectively, indicating that Lyme borreliosis is a re-emerging disease.  Early on, the infection is characterized by a skin lesion known as erythema migrans and a non-descript flu-like illness.

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