Term Name: | Lyme disease |
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Synonyms: | Bannwarth syndrome, Bannworth's syndrome, Lyme borreliosis, lyme neuroborreliosis, neuroborreliosis, Neurological Lyme disease |
Definition: | A primary bacterial infectious disease that results_in infection, has_material_basis_in Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted_by blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) or transmitted_by western blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus). The infection has_symptom fever, has_symptom headache, has_symptom fatigue, and has_symptom skin rash called erythema migrans. If left untreated, infection can spread to joints, the heart, and the nervous system. |
Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:11729] ( DOID:11729 ) |