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LYME DISEASE MAY BE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED

Government agencies are not doing enough studies...if any...to determine whether Lyme disease is transmitted through other means besides a tickbite. Many people feel that they have passed lyme on to their partners through sexual contact. Lyme can also be passed from mother to fetus. A local researcher from the University of New Haven, along with other researchers, have found the lyme pathogen in specific body fluids. Read more here
http://lymesentinel.blogspot.com/2014/02/study-further-suggests-lyme-disease-may.html

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