Identifying and Treating Lyme Disease*
Chris D. Meletis, N.D., Nieske Zabriskie, N.D., and Robert Rountree, M.D. Lyme borreliosis is a tickborne infection caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and is the most prevalent tickborne infectious disease in the United States. The spirochete (spiral shaped bacterium) B. burgdorferi is transmitted to humans primarily by the black-legged tick or deer…