Lyme disease research. Laboratory mouse being dissected following infection with Lyme disease. This disease, caused by various Borrelia bacteria, is t

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Lyme disease research. Laboratory mouse being dissected following infection with Lyme disease. This disease, caused by various Borrelia bacteria, is transmitted by ticks. The dissection will examine the effects of the disease on the mouse's internal organs. Symptoms include neurological and cardiac abnormalities. Photographed at a laboratory at the Pasteur Institute, France.

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