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Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008193
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D008193
Preferred Name

Lyme Disease

Definitions
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.
Synonyms
Lyme Borreliosis
Borrelia burgdorferi Infection
Lyme Arthritis
B. burgdorferi Infection
B. burgdorferi Infections
Arthritis, Lyme
Borreliosis, Lyme
Borrelia burgdorferi Infections
Disease, Lyme
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