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1. Lyme disease
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Lyme disease is an inflammatory disease spread through a tick bite. This article offers a general overview on Lyme disease. For specific information see: Stage 1 Lyme disease; Stage 2 Lyme disease; Stage 3 Lyme disease. Reviewer: Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
2. Lyme Disease
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Lyme disease is an inflammatory disease transmitted through the bite of a deer tick carrying the spiral-shaped bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi . Symptoms can include skin rash, joint inflammation, fever , headache , fatigue, and muscle pain . Lyme ... Author: Jennifer E. Sisk MA Expand your search to include all of U.S. News
3. Recommendations for Test Performance and Interpretation...on Serologic
A positive IgM test result alone is not recommended for use in determining active disease in persons with illness greater than 1 month's duration because the likelihood of a false-positive test result for a current infection is high for these... http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/m0038469/m0038469.asp
4. New Vaccine Targets Lyme Disease: New Hope for Diminishing 'Great Masquerader'
She advises that the tests be used only to support a clinical diagnosis of the disease, as in Don C's case, and not solely for making initial diagnostic or treatment decisions. A diagnostic questionnaire and extensive testing eventually confirmed... http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1999/399_lyme.html
5. Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI) - CDC Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases ...
Epidemiologic and diagnostic studies of patients with suspected early Lyme disease, Missouri, 1990-1993. Phylogenetic analysis of Borrelia species based on flagellin gene sequences and its application for molecular typing of Lyme disease borreliae. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/stari/ |
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