 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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| 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 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2022 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2024 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lyme Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Schiffman EK, Bjork J, Phaneuf D, Beck A, Foster E, Tsao JI, Osborn R, Eisen R, Paskewitz S, Hook SA, Hinckley AF. Willingness to pay for residential property-based and community-based tick control methods in Lyme disease-endemic areas of the Upper Midwest, United States. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 2025 Sep; 16(5):102531.
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Williams ME, Schwartz DA, DeBiasi RL, Mulkey SB. Examining Infant and Child Neurodevelopmental Outcomes After Lyme Disease During Pregnancy. Pathogens. 2024 Nov 22; 13(12).
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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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Konopka JA, Sacks HA, Castañeda PG, Carter CW. Surgical (over) treatment of pediatric Lyme arthritis: a need for faster Borrelia testing. J Pediatr Orthop B. 2023 Sep 01; 32(5):497-503.
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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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Howard K, Beck A, Kaufman A, Rutz H, Hutson J, Crum D, Rowe A, Marx G, Hinckley A, White J. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Toward Ticks and Tickborne Disease among Healthcare Professionals Working in Schools in New York and Maryland. J Sch Nurs. 2024 Aug; 40(4):372-379.
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