Lyme Disease
Basics
Description
Description
- Most common tick-borne illness in North America
- Endemic in Northeast, Upper Midwest, and northwestern California
Etiology
Etiology
- Peak April–November; 80–90% in summer months
- Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi introduced by Ixodes tick:
- Ixodes scapularis(deer tick) most common
- Same tick that transmits anaplasmosis, babesiosis
- Pathogenesis—combination of:
- Organism-induced local inflammation
- Cytokine release
- Autoimmunity
- No person-to-person transmission
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Citation
Schaider, Jeffrey J., et al., editors. "Lyme Disease." 5-Minute Emergency Consult, 6th ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2020. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307099/all/Lyme_Disease.
Lyme Disease. In: Schaider JJJ, Barkin RMR, Hayden SRS, et al, eds. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2020. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307099/all/Lyme_Disease. Accessed November 14, 2024.
Lyme Disease. (2020). In Schaider, J. J., Barkin, R. M., Hayden, S. R., Wolfe, R. E., Barkin, A. Z., Shayne, P., & Rosen, P. (Eds.), 5-Minute Emergency Consult (6th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307099/all/Lyme_Disease
Lyme Disease [Internet]. In: Schaider JJJ, Barkin RMR, Hayden SRS, Wolfe RER, Barkin AZA, Shayne PP, Rosen PP, editors. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2020. [cited 2024 November 14]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307099/all/Lyme_Disease.
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