tick borne diseases

Has anyone else seen this news article about ticks? http://www.ibtimes.com/what-bourbon-virus-missouri-woman-dies-after-contracting-tick-borne-disease-2565062 It is a virus spread by ticks called the Bourbon Virus and currently there is no cure. From the article: The researchers at the center...

Went camping last weekend and my girlfriend found a deer tick on her, and had a small rash around it..She went to the Doctor right away and they put her on some mega doses of antibiotics just in case. Has anyone here had lymes disease? Is it a good thing they caught it right away, can she...

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/index.htm http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/ld_humandisease_treatment.htm http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/ld_humandisease_symptoms.htm