Disease Information for Lyme meningoencephalitis

Definition:

An infectious disease caused by a spirochete, BORRELIA BURGDORFERI, which is transmitted chiefly by ... (more) (edit)

An infectious disease caused by a spirochete, BORRELIA BURGDORFERI, which is transmitted chiefly by Ixodes dammini (see IXODES) and pacificus ticks in the United States and Ixodes ricinis (see IXODES) in Europe; It is a disease with early and late cutaneous manifestations plus involvement of the nervous system, heart, eye, and joints in variable combinations; facial palsy, peripheral neuropathy and meningoencephalitis are seen in neurologic subset; long parenteral antibiotic is needed for treatment

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- Exposure Factors
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- Travel, Geographic & Climate Related Factors
- Event, Activity, Behavioral & Seasonal Factors
- Sex & Age Groups
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  - Population/Sixties-adult
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- Disease Progression
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  - CLASS/Neurologic (category)
- Pathophysiology
  - Pathophysiology/CSF Pressure Increased
  - Pathophysiology/Demyelination
- Process
  - PROCESS/Bimodal age distribution/incidence
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