![]() ![]() and Mexican universities and institutions has confirmed that risk for Lyme Disease is significant in the state of Texas and northern parts of Mexico. ![]() A recent study conducted by an international research team from seven U.S. However, ticks have been migrating south and westward. The Manns note that typically, deer ticks spread LD in the Northeast and Midwest, while Western blacklegged ticks transmit the illness along the Northern Pacific coast. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has singled out the bacterial infection known as Lyme Disease (LD) as currently the most common and fastest growing vector-borne, infectious disease in America, According to Texas A&M University’s Lyme Lab, LD is a zoonotic, tick-borne illness caused by the spirochetal bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, with a total of 22,572 human cases of Lyme disease reported to the CDC in 2010. Mann, who is diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Narcolepsy w/Cataplexy, and REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD) among other afflictions can speak from experience that persons already living with a neurological disease like multiple sclerosis (MS) must be knowledgeable and vigilant in protecting themselves against further challenges from insect-borne illness Lyme Disease And MS An Everyday Health blog by New Jersey-based husband and wife team Brad and Robynn Mann notes that more time spent outdoors during the warmer months means more potential encounters with insects that can be disease vectors, notably mosquitos and ticks. ![]()
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