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Descriptor English:
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Lyme Disease
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Enfermedad de Lyme
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Doença de Lyme
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Synonyms English:
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Arthritis, Lyme
B. burgdorferi Infection
B. burgdorferi Infections
Borrelia burgdorferi Infection
Borrelia burgdorferi Infections
Borreliosis, Lyme
Disease, Lyme
Lyme Arthritis
Lyme Borreliosis
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Tree Number:
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C01.150.252.400.536
C01.150.252.400.794.352.250
C01.920.930.513
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Definition English:
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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. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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coord IM with specific Borrelia (IM)
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History Note English:
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85; was LYME ARTHRITIS see ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS l979-84
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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22549
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Unique Identifier:
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D008193
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DeCS
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