Results 1-1 of 1 for lyme disease speaker:Áine Brady
- Seanad: Infectious Diseases (22 Oct 2009)
Áine Brady: ...I thank Senator Ross raising this matter as it provides me with an opportunity to outline to this House the importance attached to the issue by the Department of Health and Children and the HSE. Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is an infection caused by a spiral shaped bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi that is transmitted to humans by bites from ticks infected with...