Deer Tick and Lyme Disease Bacteria (IMAGE)

Virginia Tech

Deer Tick and Lyme Disease Bacteria

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A deer tick (left), one of the species of tick that transmits the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. High resolution fluorescently tagged image of the bacteria B. burgdorferi that causes Lyme disease (right).

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Virginia Tech / Brandon Jutras

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