title: [Endemic occurrence of lyme disease in the forested areas of the Piła district].
abstract: Lyme disease (L.D.) caused by Borrelia burgdorferi and spread by Ixodes ticks arouses great interest with more and more clinicians and other scientists. It may be very difficult to diagnose a disease as L.D. because of its various clinical symptoms expressions. This is why it is often called "the great imitator". There are three phases in the natural history of the disease. Diagnostic problems come from the fact that early phases are often lacking. The disease may begin with any symptom of any stage. In our paper we present the endemicity of Lyme disease among a group of 28 people who spent their summer holidays on a forest camp near Piła (in the north-western part of Poland) in July 1991. We diagnosed 15 of them as having early stages of L.D.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Chorób Wewnetrznych i Reumatologii, Okregowy Szpital Kolejowy, Wrocławiu.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szechiński
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kowalski
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sobieszczańska
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gościniak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012621:Seasons; D014197:Trees
vernacular_title: Endemiczne wystepowanie choroby Lyme na terenach leśnych województwa pilskiego.