Lyme disease is an infectious illness caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi, typically transmitted to humans through ...

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Where there are more deer ticks, there is more Lyme disease ... Organizations like SAM are working to identify the most crucial land to save and are doing just that. These are swaths of land ...

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To make tick bites even harder to identify, "ticks have factors in their ... On the other end of the spectrum, horse flies and deer flies use "blade-like" mouthparts to slash the skin before ...

The disease, caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis, can be transmitted to humans in many ways, including bites from infected ticks and deer flies ... can help us avoid exposure and help ...

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While ticks bite year-round, the deer tick, also known as the black-legged tick, tends to prefer cooler, wetter conditions but more importantly — it is the tick that can carry Lyme disease.