 Lyme Disease
"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.
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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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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2015 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2016 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2018 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lyme Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Tamari N, Ernst KC, Enriquez AJ, Diuk-Wasser MA, Fernandez MP, Berry K, Hayden MH. Urban tick exposure on Staten Island is higher in pet owners. PLoS One. 2024; 19(11):e0311891.
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Schwartz AM, Nelson CA, Hinckley AF. Epidemiology of Lyme Disease Diagnoses among Older Adults, United States, 2016-20191. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Sep; 30(9):1926-1929.
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Russell JN, Lee MK, Uyaguari-Diaz MI, Sies AN, Suchan DM, Hsiao W, Fraser E, Morshed MG, Cameron ADS. Whole-genome sequencing of Western Canadian Borrelia spp. collected from diverse tick and animal hosts reveals short-lived local genotypes interspersed with longer-lived continental genotypes. Microb Genom. 2024 Aug; 10(8).
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Ernst KC, Fernandez P, Diuk-Wasser M, Enriquez AJ, Berry K, Hayden MH. Contrasting Perceptions, Knowledge, and Actions around Lyme Disease in an Urban Area of Emerging Lyme Disease and an Area of Endemic Lyme Disease in the Northeastern United States. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2024 Oct 02; 111(4):865-879.
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Gyura AN, Buser JM, Keesing H, Nelsen L, Marx GE, Hinckley AF, Seman C, Nelson CA. Lyme Disease Knowledge, Practices, and Vaccine Acceptability Among Nurse Practitioners in Pediatric Practice. J Pediatr Health Care. 2023 Nov-Dec; 37(6):673-683.
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Guez-Barber D, Swami SK, Harrison JB, McGuire JL. Differentiating Bell's Palsy From Lyme-Related Facial Palsy. Pediatrics. 2022 06 01; 149(6).
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Witmer FDW, Nawrocki TW, Hahn M. Modeling Geographic Uncertainty in Current and Future Habitat for Potential Populations of Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Alaska. J Med Entomol. 2022 05 11; 59(3):976-986.
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Pereira MJ, Wager B, Garrigues RJ, Gerlach E, Quinn JD, Dowdell AS, Osburne MS, Z?ckert WR, Kraiczy P, Garcia BL, Leong JM. Lipoproteome screening of the Lyme disease agent identifies inhibitors of antibody-mediated complement killing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 03 29; 119(13):e2117770119.
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Ho BM, Davis HE, Forrester JD, Sheele JM, Haston T, Sanders L, Lee MC, Lareau S, Caudell M, Davis CB. Wilderness Medical Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Tick-Borne Illness in the United States. Wilderness Environ Med. 2021 Dec; 32(4):474-494.
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Beck A, Solomon J, Hinckley AF, Nelson CA. Tick bite frequency, prevention practices and Lyme disease diagnoses among U.S. Hispanic survey respondents. Zoonoses Public Health. 2021 09; 68(6):658-665.
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