article_snippet.sent: Lyme disease is the debilitating bacterial infection that comes from a tick bite. '
article_snippet.sent: If not caught and treated early enough with antibiotics the condition can persist for years.
article_snippet.sent: Incubation period from infection to onset of symptoms is typically two weeks, although it can be months or even years between the two, so it is impossible to say when the bites occur.
article_snippet.sent: Around 65,000 people in Europe are infected every year, and 25,000 Americans were diagnosed in 2013, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
article_snippet.sent: The tick normally has to be attached to the host for 36 hours to transfer the infection.
highlights_snippet.sent: When Singer was finally diagnosed Singer learned Singer had Lyme disease .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Has 'no idea' where Singer got the tick bite which must have been attached for 36 hours in order to transfer Lyme disease .
  