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Jenny Wachter, Research scientist/Adjunct professor, University of Saskatchewan

Lyme disease: The pathogen's cunning strategies for persistent infection offer clues for vaccine development

The black-legged tick is the vector that spreads Lyme disease. Its bite can infect humans with the Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium. (Jim Gathany/CDC)

Lyme disease is the leading vector-borne disease — meaning diseases that are transmitted to humans from another organism like a tick or mosquito — in North America and Europe.

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