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A warming climate is driving a rise in Lyme disease and the introduction of lesser-known tick-borne diseases, public health specialists say.

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the U.S. It is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks ( CDC, 2022 ). An ...