Scientists claim a novel bacterium can cause the tick-borne disease and may trigger more serious symptoms.
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This article was originally published by Scientific American on 16 February 2016.
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Moyer, M. New cause for Lyme disease complicates already murky diagnosis. Nature (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2016.19393
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2016.19393
