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== Introduction to Lyme Disease == | == Introduction to Lyme Disease == | ||
[[Image:LymeDisease.gif|thumb|left|Bull-Eye Rash. Courtesy of CDC.]] | |||
Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in North American hemisphere. Responsible for transmission is a tick vector from the genus of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixodidae Ixodidae]. There are different bacterial strains of borrelia including ''B.afzellii'' and ''B.garinii'' being very prevalent throughout the European continent; other known strains such as ''B.dutonii'' and ''B. recurrentis'' have been discovered within the past few decades. The most common strain in the United States is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borrelia_burgdorferi ''borrelia burgdorgeri''] sensu stricto, and this treponema-like spirochete was discovered to be the causative agent of Lyme Disease discovered by Dr. Willy Burgdorferi in 1982 along with several other colleagues. <ref name=art1>PMID:7043737</ref> | Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in North American hemisphere. Responsible for transmission is a tick vector from the genus of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixodidae Ixodidae]. There are different bacterial strains of borrelia including ''B.afzellii'' and ''B.garinii'' being very prevalent throughout the European continent; other known strains such as ''B.dutonii'' and ''B. recurrentis'' have been discovered within the past few decades. The most common strain in the United States is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borrelia_burgdorferi ''borrelia burgdorgeri''] sensu stricto, and this treponema-like spirochete was discovered to be the causative agent of Lyme Disease discovered by Dr. Willy Burgdorferi in 1982 along with several other colleagues. <ref name=art1>PMID:7043737</ref> | ||
