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The impact of Pandemic COVID-19 on cases of Borreliosis infection in 2020 [PDF]

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2021
Borreliosis (Lyme borreliosis; Lyme disease) is a zoonotic disease caused by spirochetes from the genus Borrelia. In humans, the accidental host of ticks, the infection is transmitted by the bite of the tick - the spirochetes are present in the salivary
Karolina Rogulska, Patrycja Piątek, Konrad Grzeszczak   +2 more
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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.
Toshiyuki Masuzawa, Yasutake Yanagihara
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Incidence and management of Lyme disease: a Scottish general practice retrospective study [PDF]

BJGP Open
Background: The true burden of Lyme disease in primary care in Scotland is unknown. Epidemiological data are currently based on laboratory-confirmed reports as there is no mandatory reporting of clinical cases.
Sally Mavin, Swapna Guntupalli, Michael Robb   +2 more
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Invalidation by medical professionals in post-treatment Lyme disease [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Patients with post-treatment Lyme disease (PTLD) report negative perceptions of care and significant invalidation from medical professionals. However, the relationship of invalidation to illness severity has not been examined, nor have risk factors for ...
Alison W. Rebman, Ting Yang, John N. Aucott   +2 more
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Examining Infant and Child Neurodevelopmental Outcomes After Lyme Disease During Pregnancy [PDF]

Pathogens
Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States. Recent environmental and socioecological changes have led to an increased incidence of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, which enhances the urgency of identifying and mitigating
Meagan E. Williams, David A. Schwartz, Roberta L. DeBiasi, Sarah B. Mulkey   +3 more
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Knowledge, protective behaviours, and perception of Lyme disease in an area of emerging risk: results from a cross-sectional survey of adults in Ottawa, Ontario [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background The number of Lyme disease risk areas in Canada is growing. In regions with emerging tick populations, it is important to emphasize peridomestic risk and the importance of protective behaviours in local public health communication.
James J. Logan, Michael Sawada, Anders Knudby, Tim Ramsay, Justine I. Blanford, Nicholas H. Ogden, Manisha A. Kulkarni   +6 more
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Acute lyme infection presenting with amyopathic dermatomyositis and rapidly fatal interstitial pulmonary fibrosis: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2010
Introduction Dermatomyositis has been described in the setting of lyme infection in only nine previous case reports. Although lyme disease is known to induce typical clinical findings that are observed in various collagen vascular diseases, to our ...
Nguyen Hanh, Le Connie, Nguyen Hien
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Diagnostic challenges of early Lyme disease: Lessons from a community case series [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2009
Background Lyme disease, the most common vector-borne infection in North America, is increasingly reported. When the characteristic rash, erythema migrans, is not recognized and treated, delayed manifestations of disseminated infection may occur.
Schwarzwalder Alison, Rowe Peter C, Munoz Beatriz, Morrison Candis, Aucott John, West Sheila K   +5 more
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Identification of reactive Borrelia burgdorferi peptides associated with Lyme disease [PDF]

mBio
Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease, is estimated to cause >400,000 annual infections in the United States. Serology is the primary laboratory method to support the diagnosis of Lyme disease, but current methods have intrinsic limitations ...
Rafal Tokarz, Cheng Guo, Santiago Sanchez-Vicente, Elizabeth Horn, Aleah Eschman, Siu Ping Turk, W. Ian Lipkin, Adriana Marques   +7 more
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Lyme Disease

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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