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Descriptor
English
:
Lyme Disease
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Enfermedad de Lyme
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Doença de Lyme
Synonyms
English
:
Lyme Borreliosis
Tree Number:
C01.252.400.155.569
C01.252.400.825.480
C01.252.847.193.569
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
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
TM
transmission
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
22549
Unique Identifier:
D008193
Occurrence in VHL
:
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