Epidemiology of Lyme disease
PS Mead - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2015 - id.theclinics.com
Lyme disease is a tick-borne zoonosis caused by several genospecies of the spirochete
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. 1 The organism normally cycles among small mammals and
birds, transmitted by ticks of the Ixodes ricinus complex. 2 Human illness is characterized by
diverse dermatologic, neurologic, rheumatologic, or cardiac abnormalities. 3–6 Also called
Lyme borreliosis, the disease was named in the mid-1970s for a small town in Connecticut.
7 In retrospect, illness consistent with Lyme disease was reported in Europe as early as …
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. 1 The organism normally cycles among small mammals and
birds, transmitted by ticks of the Ixodes ricinus complex. 2 Human illness is characterized by
diverse dermatologic, neurologic, rheumatologic, or cardiac abnormalities. 3–6 Also called
Lyme borreliosis, the disease was named in the mid-1970s for a small town in Connecticut.
7 In retrospect, illness consistent with Lyme disease was reported in Europe as early as …
