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.

Year introduced: 1985

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Tree Number(s): C01.150.252.400.536, C01.150.252.400.794.352.250, C01.920.930.513

MeSH Unique ID: D008193

Entry Terms:

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

Previous Indexing:

• Arthritis, Infectious (1979-1984)
• Spirochaetales Infections (1982-1984)

All MeSH Categories
Diseases Category
Infections
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
Bacterial Infections
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
Lyme Disease
Erythema Chronicum Migrans
Lyme Neuroborreliosis
Post-Lyme Disease Syndrome

All MeSH Categories
Diseases Category
Infections
Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
Bacterial Infections
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
Spirochaetales Infections
Borrelia Infections
Lyme Disease
Erythema Chronicum Migrans
Lyme Neuroborreliosis
Post-Lyme Disease Syndrome

All MeSH Categories
Diseases Category
Infections
Vector Borne Diseases
Tick-Borne Diseases
Lyme Disease
Erythema Chronicum Migrans
Lyme Neuroborreliosis
Post-Lyme Disease Syndrome