Lyme disease
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after the town of Lyme, Connecticut, USA, where a number of cases were identified in 1975.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (US): (file) - Homophone: lime disease
Noun
[edit]- (pathology) Infection by one of three or more subspecies of the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted by four species of tick in genus Ixodes. Symptoms include a rash followed by fever, joint pain, and headaches.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia
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See also
[edit]- Ixodes ricinus (sheep tick, castor bean tick, of western Eurasia).
- Ixodes persulcatus (taiga tick, of China)
- Ixodes scapularis (black-legged tick, deer tick, of eastern North America)
- Ixodes pacificus (western black-legged tick, of western North America)
- Peromyscus leucopus (white-footed mouse)
Further reading
[edit]Lyme disease on Wikipedia.Wikipedia