Lyme disease researchers are investigating combination therapy to address "persister" bacteria and diagnostic tests that test directly for the pathogen and/or indirectly test for host response.
In recent decades, the range of tick species known to transmit disease has increased, putting people at higher risk for Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses.
CHICAGO — For eight years, Streator, Ill., resident Elizabeth Gillette experienced symptoms that her doctors could not explain. She sometimes forgot how old she was, had irregular heartbeats, and even got lost in the town she grew up in. “I would pull over and I was like, ‘I don’t know where I am,’ ” said Gillette, who is 38. “And it was the most terrifying thing I have ever gone through.” .