| 词汇 | lyme disease |
| 词源 | Lyme disease. Lyme disease is named after the Connecticut town where it was first recognized in the 1970s. The minuscule tick Ixodes dammini harbors the spirochetes of the disabling disease. The ticks are carried to humans by deer and white- footed mice that leave them on grass and foliage. |
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