New approaches may help solve the Lyme disease diagnosis dilemma
Today’s diagnostics leave too many people in limbo

GETTING ATTACHED A tick that is attached to the skin for about two days can spread Lyme disease, the most common tickborne infection in the United States. The disease is hard to detect, but scientists are investigating new diagnostic approaches.
VOLKER STEGER/SCIENCE SOURCE
This article is only available to Science News subscribers.
Subscribers, enter your e-mail address to access our archives.
