New debate over Lyme disease as 16-yr-old girl bitten by tick heads to Germany for radical treatment

By Tim Barlass
Updated February 24 2015 - 10:18am, first published February 1 2015 - 12:15am
Francesca Wallis, 16, is going to Germany for treatment for symptoms she believes resulted from a tick bite. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Francesca Wallis, 16, is going to Germany for treatment for symptoms she believes resulted from a tick bite. Photo: Wolter Peeters

The controversy over whether Lyme disease exists in Australia is set to be inflamed by new research that has found no evidence of the bacteria responsible for it around Sydney.

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