Expanded Study Confirms that Lyme Disease May Be Sexually Transmitted
San Francisco, California (PRWEB) December 19, 2014 An expanded study confirms that Lyme disease may be sexually transmitted. The study was published in the open access journal F1000Research (https://f1000research.com/articles/3-309/v1). Lyme disease is a tickborne infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, a type of corkscrew-shaped bacteria known as a spirochete (pronounced spiro’keet). The Lyme spirochete resembles the…