Lyme disease: Virginia Tech researchers discovery increases understanding of how Borrelia burgdorferi causes inflammation and disease

Lyme disease is the most reported vector-borne disease in the country. Over the past 20 years, the United States has experienced a dramatic increase in both the number of reported cases and the geographic distribution of the disease. In Virginia, the disease is transmitted by blacklegged ticks, which are infected with the Lyme disease-causing bacterium [...]

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