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HASSET Thesaurus

Concept information

DISEASES > ZOONOTIC DISEASES > LYME DISEASE

Preferred term

LYME DISEASE  

Definition

  • AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE CAUSED BY A SPIROCHETE, BORRELIA BURGDORFERI. IT IS A DISEASE WITH EARLY AND LATE CUTANEOUS MANIFESTATIONS PLUS INVOLVEMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, HEART, EYE, AND JOINTS IN VARIABLE COMBINATIONS.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • BORRELIA
  • LYME ARTHRITIS
  • LYME BORRELIOSIS

History note

  • TERM CREATED NOVEMBER 2012

Keyword search

Definition source

  • MESH

URI

https://hasset.ukdataservice.ac.uk/17b3d9a6-be76-4080-96c7-7afc9638f758

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