This includes not only Lyme, but other tick-borne infections that used to be rare, like babesiosis. “We basically have tick-borne diseases almost everywhere,” in the United States, Dr. Pritt said. Lynley Smith, 43, knew about the heightened risk of Lyme disease in Maine when she vacationed with her family there last summer. Over the next few days, Ms. Smith felt progressively worse. On the seventh day of her symptoms, Ms. Smith noticed a large, round rash on the right side of her torso.

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Persons: “, ”, Bobbi Pritt, Pritt, Lynley Smith, Smith, Smith hadn’t Organizations: Mayo Clinic, Lyme Locations: Lyme, United States, Maine, Baltimore