Afraid To Go In The Woods: Lyme Disease and Anaplasmosis
Afraid to go in the woods: Lyme disease and anaplasmosis by Terry Ryan As I prepare for my trip up to New York for the rest of the summer, I am happy to go back to familiar sites and good friends, but I am not thrilled to be in the tick area. This year, because […]
Protect Yourself From Lyme Disease
What is Lyme disease? Lyme disease is an infection caused by a spirochete that humans can get from the bite of an infected deer tick. The spirochete’s scientific name is Borrelia burgdorferi. It was first discovered in Lyme, Connecticut a quaint little town with a population of around 2k. In the early 1970s a group […]