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a case of lyme disease (lyme borreliosis)
while an important infectious disease in the united states and eurasia, lyme disease is rare in iran. we present a 9-year old boy admitted in children’s medical center in december 2001 with final diagnosis of lyme disease. on admission he showed arthritis and a history of previous skin lesions. serologic examination including enzyme–linked immunosorbent assay and western blot was positive for l...
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Borreliosis is an infectious disease caused by spirochetes of the genus Borrelia. Lyme borreliosis, also known as Lyme disease, is a non-contagious infectious disease caused by spirochetes belonging to the complex Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and more often transmitted by the bite of infected ticks of the genus Ixodes.The disease is characterized by a varied clinical profile, which can trigg...
متن کاملDiagnosis of lyme borreliosis.
A large amount of knowledge has been acquired since the original descriptions of Lyme borreliosis (LB) and of its causative agent, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto. The complexity of the organism and the variations in the clinical manifestations of LB caused by the different B. burgdorferi sensu lato species were not then anticipated. Considerable improvement has been achieved in detection of...
متن کاملLyme borreliosis in Europe.
A Rizzoli ([email protected])1,2, H C Hauffe1,2, G Carpi1, G I Vourc’h3, M Neteler1, R Rosà1 1. Department of Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all’Adige (Trento), Italy 2. Both authors contributed equally to this work. 3. Unité d’Epidémiologie Animale, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), St Genès C...
متن کاملTreatment of Lyme borreliosis
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato is the causative agent of Lyme borreliosis in humans. This inflammatory disease can affect the skin, the peripheral and central nervous system, the musculoskeletal and cardiovascular system and rarely the eyes. Early stages are directly associated with viable bacteria at the site of inflammation. The pathogen-host interaction is complex and has been elucidated on...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0928-8244
DOI: 10.1016/s0928-8244(97)00055-2