Documents LYME DISEASE Other names: Erythema (chronicum) migrans, Lyme ...

1. LYME DISEASE Other names:Erythema (chronicum) migrans, Lyme borreliosis Agent:Borrelia burgdorferi,a bacterial infection (spirochete) a tick-borne zoonosis affecting animals…

Documents Lyme Disease - Clinical symptoms and diagnostics

Epidemiology and aetiology In Germany, about 10 % of nymphs and 10 - 40 % of adult ticks carry Borrelia bacteria. After being bitten by an infected tick, about 10 - 20 %