article_snippet: Lyme disease is a bacterial infection spread to humans by infected ticks.
article_snippet: Lyme disease is is the most common tick-borne infectious disease in the UK, Europe and North America.
article_snippet: Public Health England estimates there are 2,000 to 3,000 cases of Lyme disease in England and Wales each year, and that about 15 per cent of cases occur while people are abroad.
article_snippet: Cases of Lyme disease have been reported throughout the UK, but areas known to have a particularly high population of ticks include Exmoor, the New Forest in Hampshire, the South Downs and parts of Wiltshire and Berkshire.
article_snippet: Cases of Lyme disease are also found in parts of Surrey and West Sussex, Thetford Forest in Norfolk, the Lake District, the North York Moors and the Scottish Highlands.
article_snippet: Lyme is the most common tick-borne infectious disease in the UK, Europe and North America.
article_snippet: Cases of Lyme have been reported throughout the UK, but there are certain areas which are know to be tick hotspots.
highlights_snippet: The ticks that pass on the condition are now found all over the UK .