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What is Lyme disease?
Lyme disease is a bacterial disease caused by infected ticks that spread to deer and humans.
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5,300-year-old ice-age people with Lyme disease
Conduct genetic analysis of mummies on the 5,300-year-old Otzi tape shows that this is the oldest case of Lyme disease known in human history.
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The bacteria that cause Lyme disease originate in Europe before the Ice Age
Researchers at the University of Bath have recently discovered a bacterium that causes Lyme disease originating in Europe, not North America, as previously thought.
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After SARS, Zika, the 'enemies' of humans are parasitic ticks?
In just 17 years, humans have to cope with new epidemics such as SARS, Ebola, MERS, and most recently Zika.