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Description
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. The disease was formerly known as Lyme arthritis and first discovered at Old Lyme, Connecticut. MeSH
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Subtype Terms (3)
Erythema Chronicum Migrans
4 approved drugs
Lyme Neuroborreliosis
4 drugs (2 approved, 2 experimental)
Post-Lyme Disease Syndrome
2 drugs (1 approved, 1 experimental)
Approved Indicated Drugs (2)
Phase 3 Indicated Drugs (3)
Phase 2 Indicated Drugs (1)
Phase 1 Indicated Drugs (2)
Other Experimental Indicated Drugs (2)
Organization Involved with Phase 4 Indications (9)
Organization Involved with Phase 3 Indications (2)
Organization Involved with Phase 2 Indications (7)
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