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Researchers discover Achilles heel of Lyme disease pathogen

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Lactate dehydrogenase is the Achilles ’ heel of Lyme disease bacterium Borreliella burgdorferi.

The finding was reported in mBio , a journal of the American Society for Microbiology .

Lyme disease is the most commonly reported tick-borne illness in the United States and Europe .

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