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Descriptor English:

Lyme Disease

Descriptor Spanish:

Enfermedad de Lyme

Descriptor Portuguese:

Doença de Lyme

Synonyms English:

Lyme Borreliosis

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Definition English:

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.

Indexing Annotation English:

coord IM with specific Borrelia (IM)

History Note English:

85; was LYME ARTHRITIS see ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS l979-84

Allowable Qualifiers English:

Record Number:

22549

Unique Identifier:

D008193

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