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Results 1 - 4 of 4 for Lyme disease OR erythema migrans OR Borrelia burgdorferi infection
  1. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection that is spread through the bite of one of several types of ticks.
  2. ... the flu that is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi . Lyme disease is transmitted by the bite of a deer tick. Symptoms sometimes improve in 3 to 4 weeks, but secondary or tertiary disease may develop if initial infection is not treated.
  3. Nikolic D. Spirochete infections. In: McPherson RA, Pincus MR, eds. ... Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 9th ...
  4. ... 2022. Accessed October 14, 2022. Steere AC. Lyme disease (Lyme Borreliosis) due to Borrelia burgdorferi. In: Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser MJ, eds. ...