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Lyme Disease

Known as: Lyme Disease [Disease/Finding], LYME DISEASE, EARLY/MID, Lyme borreliosis 
An infectious disease caused by a spirochete, BORRELIA BURGDORFERI, which is transmitted chiefly by Ixodes dammini (see IXODES) and pacificus ticks… 
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AmoxicillinAmoxicillin TrihydrateArthritis, InfectiousBacterial Infections

Broader (2)

Arthropod-borne disease, unspecifiedBorrelia Infections

Narrower (4)

Lyme ArthritisLyme MeningoencephalitisLyme Neuroborreliosislyme carditis

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Essential Role for OspA/B in the Life Cycle of the Lyme Disease Spirochete
The molecular basis of how Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb), the Lyme disease spirochete, maintains itself in nature via a complex life… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Bacterial plasminogen activators and receptors.
Invasive bacterial pathogens intervene at various stages and by various mechanisms with the mammalian plasminogen/plasmin system… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Borrelia burgdorferi OspA is an arthropod-specific transmission- blocking Lyme disease vaccine
Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochetal agent of Lyme disease, is transmitted by Ixodes ticks. A vaccine based on B. burgdorferi… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Temperature-related differential expression of antigens in the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi
Previous studies have demonstrated that Borrelia burgdorferi in the midguts of infected ticks shows increased expression of the… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Lyme disease.
Within the last decade, Lyme borreliosis has emerged as a complex new infection whose distribution is worldwide. The disorder is… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Plasmid analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease agent
A simple procedure for extraction of plasmid-enriched DNA from borreliae was used in a plasmid analysis of 13 strains of the Lyme… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The triad of neurologic manifestations of Lyme disease
We studied 38 patients with Lyme meningitis, a newly recognized spirochetal infection. The patients characteristically had… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Heterogeneity of major proteins in Lyme disease borreliae: a molecular analysis of North American and European isolates.
We examined 46 isolates of Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiologic agent of Lyme disease and related disorders, with polyacrylamide… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Treatment of the early manifestations of Lyme disease.
During 1980 and 1981, we compared antibiotic regimens in 108 adult patients with early Lyme disease. Erythema chronicum migrans… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Neurologic Abnormalities of Lyme Disease
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