Lyme disease is brought on by Borrelia burgdorferi, a species of the bacterium spirochete. The carriers of Lyme disease are ticks usually found on deer. This deer tick commonly prevalent in the US spends the early phase of its life cycle that is the larva stage on the white footed mouse. |
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As the tick attains maturity, it changes its host animal from the mouse to the deer. At a given time, a deer hosts approximately 200 ticks providing blood to the parasites. It is believed that 50 percent of the tick population on any deer is infested with the pathogenic bacteria of Lyme disease, which is in turn transferred into the blood stream of the animal or human being that the infected tick bites. However, unfortunately the nymph stage at which the tick tends to bite other living organisms, it is so minute in size that the parasite and its action both go unnoticed. If visible, a tick on the skin should be immediately removed as the Lyme bacteria only enters into the bloodstream after the parasite remains attached to the skin for a span of 36 to 48 hours.
Any other mode of transfer of Lyme disease has not been reported so far. As per the Centers for Disease Control, there is not a single incidence of Lyme disease due to mosquito bites, flies, or fleas; transfusion of blood or contact with the blood and urine of the infected organism. Moreover, there is no substantial proof seconding the transmission of Lyme disease in human beings through air, food or water; sexual intercourse or from animals. The infection when contracted from the deer tick leads to the emergence of a rash at the site of the bite. As the infection spreads throughout the body via the blood, more evident symptoms of the disease become apparent.
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