Suburban Ecology » Tick-borne disease http://suburbanecology.com Trying To Live Green In The Suburbs Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:45:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Understanding Lyme Disease http://suburbanecology.com/understanding-lyme-disease_186 http://suburbanecology.com/understanding-lyme-disease_186#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:41:59 +0000 Rick http://suburbanecology.com/?p=186 Lyme disease is caused by a micro-organism called Borrelia Burgdorferi – a type of Spirochete bacteria. Humans are infected when bitten by ticks that carry the germ. Although the Borrelia Burgdorferi bacteria has been detected in other species of ticks it is only the Deer tick and the Western black legged tick that are known to spread the disease to humans. These ticks spend part of their life cycle attached to animals such as deer and white-footed mice, which are natural reservoirs for the infection.

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