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Is lyme disease viral or bacterial? is the organism that causes lyme disease virus or bacteria?

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Bacterial: Lime disease is caused by an infection with a bacteria called borrelia burgdorferi, a spirochete. It is spread by the bite of a tick that has acquired the germ.

Answered 4/30/2020

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Lyme disease: Lyme is transmitted by a deer tick (ixodes) and infects with a bacterium known as borrelia burgdorferi.

Answered 9/14/2015

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