Lyme borreliosis is a tick-borne disease that predominantly occurs in temperate regions of
the northern hemisphere and is primarily caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi in …

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 …

This evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
of Lyme disease was developed by a multidisciplinary panel representing the Infectious …

Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) is a tick-borne, zoonosis of adults and children caused by
genospecies of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex. The ailment, widespread …

Infectious agents can trigger autoimmune responses in a number of chronic inflammatory
diseases. Lyme arthritis, which is caused by the tick-transmitted spirochaete Borrelia …

BACKGROUND Autoimmune diseases often have strong genetic associations with specific
HLA-DR alleles. The synovial lesion in chronic inflammatory forms of arthritis shows marked …

It has long been observed in clinical practice that a subset of patients with Lyme disease
report a constellation of symptoms such as fatigue, cognitive difficulties, and musculoskeletal …

Lyme arthritis was recognized originally because of an outbreak of monoarticular and
oligoarticular arthritis in children in Lyme, Connecticut, in the 1970s. 1 It then became …

Lyme disease is a multisystem disorder caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. A
common late-stage complication of this disease is oligoarticular arthritis, often involving the …

Lyme disease was originally identified in Lyme, Connecticut, based upon an unusual cluster
of what appeared to be patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. It was subsequently …