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Lyme disease organism, Borrelia burgdorferi

Borrelia burgdorferi. is a spirochete bacteria that causes Lyme disease. It is similar in shape to the spirochetes that cause other diseases, such as relapsing fever and syphilis. (Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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