There are also tick-borne causes of meningitis like Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria - which the cause of Lyme disease.

脑膜炎也有蜱传播病因，比如像莱姆病螺旋体菌，这也是莱姆病病因。

If a particular infection seems like an obvious cause, then a test for that might be used, like the Western blot for Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria, or a thin blood smear for malaria.

如果特定的感染原似乎是明显病因，那么一个测试很可能被使用，像对莱姆病螺旋菌采取的西方墨点法，或者对疟疾脑膜炎症采取的薄血涂片法。

Lyme disease is primarily caused by a bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted by the bite of the blacklegged tick—more commonly known as the deer tick.

莱姆病主要由一种名为伯氏疏螺旋体的细菌引起，这种细菌通过黑腿蜱（通常称为鹿蜱）的叮咬传播。