are ticks born with lyme disease?
Ixodes scapularis commonly called blacklegged or deer ticks, are generally born uninfected with Lyme disease, i.e., they do not contain the Lyme bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi. Research has shown a small percent may be born infected with the bacteria. Deer/blacklegged ticks feed once in each stage, larva, nymph, adult.