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Ötzi the Lyme Mummy (2019)
Brrrr! It's a chilly day here in Illinois with all the wind. I'm not complaining however. Can you imagine being frozen in a glacier for thousands of years and suffer from Lyme disease?! Whew, I can't image that ever actually happening to anyone. Doctors
Doctors examining the body of Ötzi, the Iceman with Lyme disease bacterium. When Ötzi was discovered in the Alps, further investigation of his body showed that he had a B orrelia-like bacterium in his DNA. Mummies are always a great find but Ötzi’s discovery is very meaningful to tick research now that we have evidence of Lyme disease dating back thousands of years.
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