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An estimated 1,200 Americans, on average, are diagnosed with Lyme disease each day. Some of those patients continue to experience negative effects, even after treatment.
The National Institutes of Health awarded a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences researcher $2.7 million to understand how the cell wall of the Lyme disease-causing pathogen makes people sick.
Some people who get Lyme disease have symptoms long after they’ve received treatment, and scientists are trying to find out why. Their research could also lead doctors to be able to test for Lyme disease more quickly.