History of Lyme Disease - Bay Area Lyme Foundation
Learn more about the history of Lyme disease, including information on the first reported cases and how our knowledge has evolved over the past few decades.
Ancient History of Lyme Disease in North America Revealed with ...
2017年8月28日 · A team of researchers led by the Yale School of Public Health has found that the Lyme disease bacterium is ancient in North America, circulating silently in forests for at least …
Lyme disease - Wikipedia
Lyme disease is diagnosed based on symptoms, objective physical findings (such as erythema migrans (EM) rash, facial palsy, or arthritis), history of possible exposure to infected ticks, and …
A Brief History of Lyme Disease - JSTOR Daily
2018年6月28日 · The disease was not formally described until 1977, when two women, unrelated except that both were residents of Old Lyme, Connecticut, separately reported inexplicable …
Lyme Disease Overview - Harvard University
The condition is named for Lyme, Connecticut, where a cluster of cases was first described in 1977. Despite its name, Lyme disease has been reported in every U.S. state except Hawaii. …
History of Lyme
2021年3月15日 · In Europe, Borrelia afzelii and Borrelia garinii are the two most prevalent species resulting in Lyme disease. Historically, Lyme has been found in ancient mummies in the Italian …
The History of Lyme Disease - IGeneX
2020年3月5日 · In 2017, a team at the Yale School of Public Health studied the history of Lyme disease in North America by analyzing the DNA of the Lyme disease bacterium – a group of …
Ancient history of Lyme disease revealed with bacterial genomes
2017年8月29日 · A team of researchers led by the Yale School of Public Health has found that the Lyme disease bacterium is ancient in North America, circulating silently in forests for at least …
The ancient history of Lyme disease - Nature
2017年8月31日 · Genetic study reveals surprises in the diversity of bacteria causing the infection. Ticks carrying Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria can spread Lyme disease to birds and beasts they …
Lyme disease | Definition, Cause, Rash, & Treatment | Britannica
2024年11月19日 · Lyme disease, tick -borne bacterial disease that was first conclusively identified in 1975 and is named for the town in Connecticut, U.S., in which it was first observed. The …