Actor Sarsgaard contracts Lyme disease

Published: Aug. 14, 2007 at 4:10 PM

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Actor Peter Sarsgaard returned to New York with Lyme disease he got on vacation with girlfriend Maggie Gyllenhaal and their daughter, Ramona, OK! reports.

The threesome were on a holiday at Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts when the actor was stricken with the disease carried by ticks, the magazine said.

"Peter got Lyme disease from a tick and had to leave Martha’s Vineyard for a week," a source said. Doctors reportedly recommended Sarsgaard return to his New York home to recuperate.

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