The “Hidden Menace”
Most people have heard of Lyme disease, of course, and many know something about it – that it is associated with ticks, that it was first identified in Connecticut, and that it may leave a bull's eye rash – but not everyone is aware that animals such as dogs and horses are also susceptible to Lyme disease.
Lyme disease is now the most commonly reported vector-borne disease (one that is transmitted by an intermediate host to an animal or person) among people in the United States – and its incidence is growing.1 About 20,000 new cases are reported annually and, since Lyme disease became nationally notifiable in 1991, the annual number of reported cases has nearly doubled.2
