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Lyme (LIME) disease is a bacterial infection that is spread to humans by the bite of an infected tick. It begins with a distinctive rash and/or flulike symptoms and, in some cases, can progress to a more serious disease with complications affecting other body organs.

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Arthropod-borne infections

Black-legged tick

Borrelia burgdorferi

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Lyme disease was first described in 1977 when a group ...

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