"Lyme Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D008193
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.400.155.569 C01.252.400.825.480 C01.252.847.193.569
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| Concept/Terms |
Lyme Disease- Lyme Disease
- Disease, Lyme
- B. burgdorferi Infection
- B. burgdorferi Infections
- Lyme Borreliosis
- Borreliosis, Lyme
- Borrelia burgdorferi Infection
- Borrelia burgdorferi Infections
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lyme Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease. JAMA. 2022 Feb 22; 327(8):772-773.
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Diagnosis of Lyme Disease. JAMA. 2022 Feb 15; 327(7):676-677.
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Anti-OspA DNA-Encoded Monoclonal Antibody Prevents Transmission of Spirochetes in Tick Challenge Providing Sterilizing Immunity in Mice. J Infect Dis. 2019 03 15; 219(7):1146-1150.
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Do citation trends reflect epidemiologic patterns? Assessing MRSA, emerging and re-emerging pathogens, 1963-2014. BMC Infect Dis. 2015 Oct 26; 15:460.
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Lyme disease presenting as ptosis, conjunctivitis, and photophobia. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2012 Feb; 51(2):186-7.
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Clinical problem-solving. More than meets the ear. N Engl J Med. 2010 Apr 01; 362(13):1228-33.
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An ecological approach to preventing human infection: vaccinating wild mouse reservoirs intervenes in the Lyme disease cycle. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Dec 28; 101(52):18159-64.
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Lyme arthritis presenting as acute septic arthritis in children. J Pediatr Orthop. 2003 Jan-Feb; 23(1):114-8.
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T cell responses to bacterial infection. Curr Opin Immunol. 1999 Aug; 11(4):400-5.
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Lyme arthritis in children: clinical epidemiology and long-term outcomes. Pediatrics. 1998 Oct; 102(4 Pt 1):905-8.