How can Lyme disease be prevented and controlled?

Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 17:00 in Health & Medicine

Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in the United States, with the majority of cases occurring in the Northeast. It has been three decades since the agent of the disease, the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, and the ticks that vector it were identified. However, the number of Lyme disease cases have steadily increased.

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