I never got a rash either. I agree Andy Cotton Candy, way more ways to get this than ticks. Many researcher and docs agree and have proven that thru their research. And Razzle your stinging red ants then could have validation as it list "stinging insects" as carriers.
In an excerpt from the link below this particular doctor states - "In the first stage after the exposure to Bb, within the first 7-10 days approximately less than 10% of patients affected with Bb develop a rash with a central clearing known as the “target” lesion."
Many, many of us fall in here.
As well, the excerpt in this link I've enclosed list many ways that people contract it. Some of these ways were of course in the lyme documentary. And many ways to contract this that some may not be familiar with like.............
http://www.drdarvish.com/education/lyme-disease.html
excerpt from link:
How is Bb transmitted?
--Lyme disease/ chronic borreliosis is the most prevalent tic-born disease in US. 22% of all stinging flies and mosquitoes are carriers of Bb.
***More recently, spiders, flees, lice, and many stinging insects have been recognized to be carriers of Bb. Most people who do have lyme disease were stung by a Bb carrying insect at some point.
***Bb can also be transmitted sexually, in utero or during breastfeeding. Bb has been found in the breast milk of mothers with lyme disease.
***There is also some evidence that Bb may be transmitted during blood transfusions because it bypasses majority of the laboratory tests and goes undetected during screening. In 1990, a study by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia stated that the data demonstrates that Bb can survive the blood processing procedures normally applied to transfused blood in the USA.
How bout this one---
***The transmission of Bb through tics and stinging insects, cattle are affected and thereby DAIRY PRODUCTS.
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