The blacklegged tick or deer tick is seen in different stages of its life cycle. Black-legged ticks often carry multiple bacteria, viruses and parasites that can be transmitted individually or along with Lyme disease bacteria. (FILE PHOTO)
The blacklegged tick or deer tick is seen in different stages of its life cycle. Black-legged ticks often carry multiple bacteria, viruses and parasites that can be transmitted individually or along with Lyme disease bacteria. (FILE PHOTO)
PORTLAND, Maine – MaineHealth is a collaborating institution with Tufts University School of Medicine on what promises to be one of the largest studies of post-treatment Lyme disease in North America.
The five-year study, funded by a $20.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, aims to discover the reasons why some patients fail to fully recover from Lyme disease after standard courses of antibiotics. MaineHealth will receive $3.1 million over the life of the grant for its role in the study.
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