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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Awareness (18 May 2017)
Michael Healy-Rae: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to increase awareness of Lyme disease in view of recent protests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23638/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Awareness (18 May 2017)
Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 192 and 213 together. Lyme disease (also known as Lyme borreliosis) is an infection caused by a spiral-shaped bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. It is transmitted to humans by bites from ticks infected with the bacteria. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) of the HSE has extensive information concerning Lyme disease on its website . Since...