Word: borrelia
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...fever among residents near the Connecticut community of Lyme in 1975, at least 100,000 Americans have been infected with the disease. Now endemic throughout the Northeast as well as parts of the Midwest and the West Coast, Lyme disease is caused by a corkscrew-shaped bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. It is spread by the bite of ticks that usually live on mice and deer but also attach themselves to other warm-blooded creatures, including people. Typically, within a month of a bite, a large, bull's-eye rash shows up at the site, accompanied by chills, fever, headache...
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