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If left untreated, the infection can move through different stages: Borrelia Burgdorferi - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf - NIH

Transmission usually requires the tick to be attached for 36 to 48 hours or more. borrelia burgdorferi

It can change its outer surface proteins to "camouflage" itself, staying one step ahead of your body's antibodies. If left untreated, the infection can move through

The bacterium lives in the midgut of certain ticks—primarily the (deer tick) in the Northeast and Midwest, and the western blacklegged tick on the Pacific Coast. If left untreated