what causes lyme disease and trichinellosis
Lyme Disease. Lyme disease is an inflammatory disease caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. Borrelia burgdorferi is carried by certain types of ticks that obtain the bacteria through biting infected mice or deer. Humans acquire Lyme disease when they are bitten by an infected tick.
Trichinosis is a disease caused by parasitic roundworms (nematodes) that can infect and damage body tissues. Nematodes are a major division of the helminth family of parasitic worms (for example, Trichinella spiralis).