Color enhanced scanning electron micrograph of Borrelia burgdorferi,the cause of lyme-disease in humans. They are passed on to humans by tick bites and occur in the midgut of the tick. Several tick species harbour these bacteria,principally: Ixodes ricinus in Europe and I. pacificus in North America. Symptoms of lyme disease: skin lesions,muscle pain,neurological and cardiac abnormalities,arthritis. Treatment by antibiotic and corticosteroid drugs | |
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