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May 23, 2005
                			
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				Treatment of Lyme Disease
May 23, 2005 (Issue: 1209)
				Lyme disease in North America is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted to humans by Ixodes scapularis or pacificus ticks. These ticks may also carry other pathogens; coinfection with Babesia microti or Anaplasma...more
        			
        			
				
				
        			
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