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New Lyme Disease-Causing Bacteria Species Discovered

Posted on February 16, 2016

Blog: National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic and health officials from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota, have reported a new species of bacteria that causes Lyme disease in humans. The new species, Borrelia mayonii, has been identified in blacklegged ticks in at least two counties in northwestern Wisconsin, though […]

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