Tick on glove (IMAGE)

Virginia Tech

Tick on glove

Caption

In the state of Virginia, the disease is transmitted by the bite of blacklegged ticks, which are infected with the Lyme disease-causing bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. Photo by Max Esterhuizen for Virginia Tech.

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Virginia Tech

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