Megha Garg

Lyme Disease I. General description. Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne illness in North America and Europe. In the United States, Lyme disease is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, transmitted mostly by Ixodes scapularis (deer ticks) in the eastern and northern mid-western states and by Ixodes pacificus ticks in the western states. In…