When an infected tick latches on to feed, the bacteria migrate from its gut to its salivary glands and then into your bloodstream.
It can change its outer surface proteins to "camouflage" itself, staying one step ahead of your body's antibodies. borrelia burgdorferi
The bacterium lives in the midgut of certain ticks—primarily the (deer tick) in the Northeast and Midwest, and the western blacklegged tick on the Pacific Coast. When an infected tick latches on to feed,
When an infected tick latches on to feed, the bacteria migrate from its gut to its salivary glands and then into your bloodstream.
It can change its outer surface proteins to "camouflage" itself, staying one step ahead of your body's antibodies.
The bacterium lives in the midgut of certain ticks—primarily the (deer tick) in the Northeast and Midwest, and the western blacklegged tick on the Pacific Coast.
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