Lyme disease in children

Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2008 Jun;22(2):315-26, vii. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2007.12.007.

Abstract

This article reviews pediatric Lyme disease in the United States. The agent of Lyme disease includes three pathogenic species (Borrelia burgdorferi, B afzelii, and B garinii), but only B. burgdorferi strains are found in the United States. The article's discussion is limited to the single species B burgdorferi.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arachnid Vectors
  • Bites and Stings / prevention & control
  • Child
  • Erythema Chronicum Migrans / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Lyme Disease* / complications
  • Lyme Disease* / diagnosis
  • Lyme Disease* / drug therapy
  • Lyme Disease* / therapy
  • Lyme Neuroborreliosis / diagnosis
  • Lyme Neuroborreliosis / drug therapy
  • Myocarditis / diagnosis
  • Myocarditis / microbiology
  • Myocarditis / therapy
  • Prognosis
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