Guide to Diagnostic Tests
Lyme disease
Organism
Lyme disease
Causative agent is Borrelia burgdorferi.
Found primarily in the Northeast, mid-Atlantic coastal areas, and north-central US.
Borrelia burgdorferi is transmitted primarily by the deer tick ( Ixodes species) after it has been attached to a host for more than 24 hours.
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Citation
Nicoll, Diana, et al. "Lyme Disease." Guide to Diagnostic Tests, 7th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2017. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619351/all/Lyme_disease.
Nicoll DD, Lu CMC, McPhee SJS. Lyme disease. Guide to Diagnostic Tests. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619351/all/Lyme_disease. Accessed November 5, 2024.
Nicoll, D., Lu, C. M., & McPhee, S. J. (2017). Lyme disease. In Guide to Diagnostic Tests (7th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619351/all/Lyme_disease
Nicoll DD, Lu CMC, McPhee SJS. Lyme Disease [Internet]. In: Guide to Diagnostic Tests. McGraw-Hill Education; 2017. [cited 2024 November 05]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/GDT/619351/all/Lyme_disease.
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