Lyme Disease Vector (image)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Caption

Deer, or black-legged, ticks can transmit Lyme disease to humans during feeding, when they insert their mouth parts into the skin. A new experimental test developed at NIST has been shown to detect the disease near the time of infection, earlier than the standard blood test now used.

Credit

James Gathany/CDC

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