Lyme disease

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Infection by one of three or more subspecies of the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted by four species of tick in genus Ixodes. Symptoms include a rash followed by fever, joint pain, and headaches.

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Lyme disease

Named after the town of Lyme, Connecticut, USA, where a number of cases were identified in 1975.

Lyme neuroborreliosis

Ixodes ricinus Ixodes persulcatus Ixodes scapularis Ixodes pacificus Peromyscus leucopus

chronic Lyme disease

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