Lyme Disease

Lyme disease is called the great imitator because it can seem like a lot of different diseases.

• False
• True

Increasing deer and tick populations is contributing to the growing Lyme disease problem.

• False
• True

Lyme disease gets its name from the fruit.

• False
• True

Lyme disease is caused by

• a virus
• a bacteria
• a tick
• a mosquito

Everyone who gets Lyme disease will have a bulls-eye shape rash around the bite.

• False
• True

Most cases of Lyme disease are curable if treated early.

• False
• True

If you find a tick you should burn it, or put Vaseline jelly over it.

• False
• True

A good way to avoid Lyme disease is to stay away from leaf debris and edges of fields and forests where ticks hunt.

• False
• True

Tick bites are usually painless.

• False
• True

When deer ticks are young they feed on mice and can pick up Borrelia burgdorferi from mouse blood.

• False
• True