In 1982, microbiologists determined that the disease was actually caused by the spirochete _Borrelia burgdorferi_ which enters humans via the bites of deer ticks.
In 1975 a cluster of disease cases first diagnosed as rheumatoid arthiritis appeared in Connecticut. In 1982, microbiologists determined that the disease was actually caused by the spirochete _Borrelia burgdorferi_ which enters humans via the bites of deer ticks. FTP, name this disease named for the Connecticut town where it first appeared.
In 1975 a cluster of disease cases first diagnosed as rheumatoid arthiritis appeared in Connecticut.
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