Lyme Disease

An infectious disease caused by a spirochete, BORRELIA BURGDORFERI, which is transmitted chiefly by Ixodes dammini (see IXODES) and pacificus ticks in the United States and Ixodes ricinis (see IXODES) in Europe. It is a disease with early and late cutaneous manifestations plus involvement of the nervous system, heart, eye, and joints in variable combinations. The disease was formerly known as Lyme arthritis and first discovered at Old Lyme, Connecticut.

Also Known As:

Disease, Lyme; B. burgdorferi Infection; Borrelia burgdorferi Infection; Lyme Arthritis; Arthritis, Lyme; B. burgdorferi Infections; Borrelia burgdorferi Infections; Borreliosis, Lyme; Lyme Borreliosis

Infections: 526564
- Vector Borne Diseases: 374
  - Tick-Borne Diseases: 496
    - Lyme Disease: 3491
- Bacterial Infections and Mycoses: 1
  - Bacterial Infections: 24368
    - Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections: 918
      - Lyme Disease: 3491
      - Spirochaetales Infections: 27
        Borrelia Infections: 90
        Lyme Disease: 3491

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