Acorns are an important food source for the white-footed mouse which is popular target of the ticks that carry the Lyme bacterium and transmit it to the host like human.
Lyme disease is an infection disease characterized by The an expanding area of redness on skin, followed by rash. Other e symptoms may include fever, headache and tiredness. Lyme disease is transmitted to humans by the bite of infected ticks (genus Ixodes).