| umls-concept:C0024198 | skos:definition | MSH: 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.,CSP: recurrent multisystemic infectious disease caused by a spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted chiefly by Ixodes ticks; it is a disease with early and late cutaneous manifestations plus involvement of the nervous system, heart, eye, and joints in variable combinations.,MEDLINEPLUS: <p>Lyme disease is a bacterial infection you get from the <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tickbites.html'>bite of an infected tick</a>. The first symptom is usually a rash, which may look like a bull's eye. As the infection spreads, you may have< | lld:umls |
