The number of reported lyme disease cases last year fell just short of the record set the previous year. The state Health Department recorded 461 cases last year, four fewer than in 2000. Only 5-20 percent of deer ticks actually carry lyme disease. Dave Neiztel is an epidemiologist with the Health Department. He attributes the record and near record years to warm weather that encouraged more people to spend more time outdoors.
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