Can you get Lyme disease from a mosquito?
Lyme disease is a growing threat. The disease has become more prevalent not only in the southern part of Canada, but also in the United States, Europe, and Asia, this study shows. This disease is…
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Lyme disease is an infectious disease that is alarmingly prevalent globally. The bacterial species Borrelia burgdorferi causes this disease, and it infects humans via tick bites. Let’s have a brief overview of this disease.
Vector-borne disease
Lyme disease is not transmitted from person to person. Instead, it is a vector-borne disease transmitted primarily through the bite of the infected black-legged tick, also called deer tick. Note that not all ticks carry the causative bacteria.
Deer ticks often dwell in grassy, heavily wooded areas where the creatures they feed on (usually deer) live. Humans get the disease when they visit these areas and get bites from an infected deer tick.
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