For decades doctors have been “mystified” by the epicenter of the Lyme Epidemic. Funny how we find out after decades it hasn’t been a mystery to “some people” at all.
Nelson DeMille is my favorite author.
I would recommend any of his books especially “Night Fall” and “The Gold Coast”.
Lyme disease was described in the 17th century. Ötzi the Iceman, a 5,300-year-old mummy, had lyme disease.
The OP came back with something about "lyme complex" whatever that is.
Original white settlers noted that New York and New England forests were teeming with ticks. They went about cutting down the forests and hunting the wildlife. Lymes was there, then laid low until civilization recreated the perfect environment for its vectors. People in Long Island were suffering from Lymes before Plum Island was established. It simply wasn't diagnosed correctly.
In the 18th century a Scotsman found the disease on an island off the Scottish coast. The bacteria and vectors have been with us for millenia.