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Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) [PDF]
FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, 1997 Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) has become the most common tick-borne disease in the northern hemisphere. Lyme disease was first described in 1977 by Steere et al. [1]. The town, Old Lyme, CT, USA, was the initial focus of an unusual cluster of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
Y, Yanagihara, T, Masuzawa
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Estimating the Frequency of Lyme Disease Diagnoses, United States, 2010–2018
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 By using commercial insurance claims data, we estimated that Lyme disease was diagnosed and treated in ≈476,000 patients in the United States annually during 2010–2018. Our results underscore the need for accurate diagnosis and improved prevention.
K. Kugeler +4 more
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Current Opinion in Pediatrics, 1990 We now have more than 30 years of solid, scientific research about Lyme disease, a relatively common, vector-borne illness in parts of the United States and of Europe. Although there is still widespread misunderstanding of and misinformation about the disease among the lay public, its clinical manifestations as well as how to diagnose and to treat it ...
Dale R, Hamilton, John W, Bachman
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Comparison of Lyme Disease in the United States and Europe
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 Lyme disease, or Lyme borreliosis, is the most common tickborne disease in the United States and Europe. In both locations, Ixodes species ticks transmit the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato bacteria species responsible for causing the infection.
A. Marques, F. Strle, G. Wormser
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Recent Progress in Lyme Disease and Remaining Challenges
Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 Lyme disease (also known as Lyme borreliosis) is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States with an estimated 476,000 cases per year. While historically, the long-term impact of Lyme disease on patients has been controversial, mounting ...
Jason R. Bobe +30 more
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 We evaluated MarketScan, a large commercial insurance claims database, for its potential use as a stable and consistent source of information on Lyme disease diagnoses in the United States.
Amy M Schwartz +4 more
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New England Journal of Medicine, 1989 Within the last decade, Lyme borreliosis has emerged as a complex new infection whose distribution is worldwide. The disorder is caused by a recently recognized spirochete, B. burgdorferi, transmitted by ticks of the I. ricinus complex. Certain species of mice are critical in the life cycle of the spirochete, and deer appear to be crucial to the tick ...
N, Hamlet, D, Nathwani
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PLoS Biology, 2021 Lyme disease is common in the northeastern United States, but rare in the southeast, even though the tick vector is found in both regions. Infection prevalence of Lyme spirochetes in host-seeking ticks, an important component to the risk of Lyme disease,
H. Ginsberg +15 more
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Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2012 Lyme borreliosis is a common tick-borne disease with a wide variety of clinical manifestations. Cardiac involvement has been reported during both the acute phase (atrioventricular block, pericarditis) and the chronic stage (dilated cardiomyopathy), but is rare (
Hidri, N. +9 more
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The year that shaped the outcome of the OspA vaccine for human Lyme disease
npj Vaccines, 2022 The expansion of Lyme borreliosis endemic areas and the corresponding increase of disease incidence have opened the possibility for greater acceptance of a vaccine.
R. Dattwyler, M. Gomes-Solecki
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