Getting Lyme disease to take a hike. (includes related article on prevention) (Cover Story) From: FDA Consumer | Date: June 1, 1994| Author: Lewis, Ricki | COPYRIGHT 1994 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Now that summer is here, many people are hitting the hiking trail. But before you head for the wilds, you should take some special precautions, especially if you live in a part of the country where Lyme disease is prevalent.

It's been nearly two decades since medical detectives discovered that an outbreak of what looked like juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in Lyme, Conn., was actually a spirochetal (bacterial) infection spread by tick bite. Today we know enough about the t...

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