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  Lyme Disease:  Introduction: This type of disease is transmitted to humans by the biting of infected blacklegged ticks. Discovery of Lyme disease: Lyme disease is first identified in 1975, due to cause of rheumatoid arthritis, Lyme disease is recognized by the United States in 1960 to 1970.   Causative agent: The causative agent of Lyme disease is bacterium borealis burgdorferis, B-burgdorferis is motile, gram negative and contain highly segmented genome made of linear chromosome. Symptoms: Symptoms of Lyme disease include: 1) Fever 2) Headache 3) Fatigue 4) Skin rash 5) Facial Paralysis 6) Arthritis    Stages of Lyme disease:   There are three stages of Lyme disease.   Stage 1: It is called as localized Lyme disease it contains bacteria that do not spread in whole body. Step 2:                  It is called as    early diss...