Disease Images

Disease Images: Lyme Disease

Additional resources for Lyme Disease


Description:
Human, extremity, skin. Erythematous macule (erythema migrans) surrounded by an intense zone of hyperemia and/or hemorrhage.

Credit: AFIP
Photo ID: LYM_001

Description:
Ear, ticks. Attached Ixodes scapularis (I. dammini) with Borrelia (Lyme disease).

Credit: AFIP
Photo ID: LYM_002

Description:
Tick. Ixodes scapularis (I. dammini) female and male carriers of Lyme disease.

Credit: AFIP
Photo ID: LYM_003

Description:
Tick. Ixodes scapularis (I. dammini) carrier tick of Lyme Disease.

Credit: AFIP
Photo ID: LYM_004

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These images were annotated by Dr. Steve Sorden and Dr. Claire Andreasen and funding was provided by a USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant in collaboration with the Iowa State University Department of Veterinary Pathology, Center for Food Security and Public Health (CFSPH), Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), and Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC).