Lyme can be incredibly hard to diagnose.

莱姆病很难诊断。

Lyme disease is an illness of the modern age.

莱姆病是现代社会的一种疾病。

How serious is the Lyme disease issue here in Nantucket?

楠塔基特岛的疾病问题到底有多严重呢？

And they contribute to the lyme disease problem as tick hosts.

另外，它们是蜱虫的宿主，会传播莱姆病。

The biggest problem is probably the transmission of lyme's disease.

最大的问题可能是莱姆病的传播。

She has had Lyme disease, also caused by tick bites, four times.

她患过四次莱姆病，也是由蜱虫叮咬引起的。

Here in the Northeast, our natural disaster is Lyme disease.

而在东北部，最常见的自然灾害则是莱姆病。

The diagnosis: chronic Lyme disease, a tick-borne bacterial infection.

慢性莱姆病, 蜱传播的细菌感染。

This is what it looks like to wake up with Lyme disease, very hard.

这就是我得了莱姆病之后醒来的样子，真的太难了。

This helped narrow down the cause of Lyme disease to the ticks.

这有助于将莱姆病的病因缩小到蜱虫身上。

Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the US.

莱姆病是美国最常见的虫媒传播疾病。

Any offspring of these modified mice would inherit Lyme disease immunity.

它们的所有后代将对莱姆病菌免疫。

Lyme disease is contracted from tick bites, and ticks are found outdoors, fitting the patient's history.

莱姆病是由蜱叮咬感染的，蜱多见于户外，符合患者的旅游史。

There are also tick-borne causes of meningitis like Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria - which the cause of Lyme disease.

脑膜炎也有蜱传播病因，比如像莱姆病螺旋体菌，这也是莱姆病病因。

They were investigating what we now call Lyme disease.

他们正在研究我们现在称之为莱姆病的疾病。

Sure enough, the Lyme disease group reported experiencing a much higher level of tick bites than the other group!

果然，莱姆病组成员自述了更长的户外活动时间。

It's estimated they will eat around 5,000 a year, which helps cut back on Lyme Disease in the environment.

据估计，它们每年要吃掉大约5000只扁虱，这有助于减少莱姆病的发生。

Researchers believe climate change has a lot to do with this dramatic rise of Lyme disease in the Northeast.

研究人员认为，东北部莱姆病病例的急剧上升与气候变化有很大的关系。

Ticks are the main transmitters of Lyme disease, a bacterial infection that can cause fevers, fatigue and rashes.

壁虱是莱姆病的主要传播者，这种细菌引起的疾病可以导致发热、乏力和皮疹等症状。

A weird additional factor that's helped spread Lyme disease is the recent abundance of acorns in the US.

帮助传播莱姆病的另一个略显古怪的因素是最近美国橡子数量的增加。