1 Part 1: Sexual Transmission Of Lyme Disease - Is There Evidence?

Male and female Ixodes ricinus ticks mating.  A number of patients with Lyme disease have wondered if there is any other way to contract Lyme disease other than a tick bite. It's not an uncommon question to ask, given that not everyone remembers getting a tick bite, and nymphs are so small they can bite and infect someone without anyone ever knowing they were there. Of all the questions which lead one to pause for a moment regarding the possible methods of transmission of Lyme disease, it has to be this one: Can Lyme disease be sexually...

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0 Admin Note: Pardon The Mess...But I'm Changing The Blog

You might have noticed that this blog has had its format changed a lot in the past 24 hours. Apologies to anyone who found it disorienting, but it was something that had to be done. Initially my intent was to do one thing and one thing only:  make room for an upcoming post which contains a wide table that wouldn't fit in my 3 column format. So I began pushing the links and widgets from two separate columns into one column so I could have a wider area for posts. Then I realized that it took much longer for the page to load, and there was...

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