... . The Dermacentor variabilis, or deer tick, causes the quite serious illness, Lyme disease. Lyme disease, first diagnosed in Lyme, Connecticut in 1975, causes flu-like symptoms in the victim. If this disease is not treated properly, it often causes the victim to contract arthritis as well. The arthritis usually begins ... which can stop the effects, if used soon enough. Even if this antitoxin is used in time, however, the victim is very weak and has flu-like symptoms for the next ten to twelve days. These loathsome beasts are surely not mentioned in the tourist brochures! For many people,...

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