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Min-Kuang Lee, DVM, MSc
Lyme disease is a tick-transmitted infection caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. It is transmitted by Ixodes ticks, colloquially called deer ticks. In British Columbia, the disease is transmitted predominantly by I.... Read More
Background The Thompson-Okanagan region of British Columbia (population approximately 540 000 in 2015) is an arid part of the province contiguous with north-central Washington state. A warm dry climate and... Read More
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato is a diverse bacterial group with a worldwide distribution of 20 named and 1 unnamed genospecies. B. burgdorferi sensu stricto seen in North America, B. afzelii and B. garinii in Europe,... Read More