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No, Lyme disease is not an escaped military bioweapon, despite what conspiracy theorists say

  • Written by Sam Telford, Professor of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Tufts University
Ticks could spread weaponized bacteria – but _B. burgdorferi_ that causes Lyme isn't one of them.Kelvin Ma/Tufts University, CC BY-ND

Could Lyme disease in the U.S. be the result of an accidental release from a secret bioweapons experiment? Could the military have specifically engineered the Lyme disease bacterium to be more insidious and...

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