title: [The first results and objectives of the study of Lyme disease in the USSR].
abstract: Results of research on the prevalence, etiology, laboratory diagnosis, epidemiology, epizootology, and other aspects of Lyme's disease, which was initiated in this country in 1984, are summed up. This Borrelia-caused condition is now suggested to be a lead in morbidity rate among human diseases of natural nidus. The most topical, priority directions of further research are discussed.
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Korenberg
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Kriuchechnikov
authors.forename: Iu V
authors.initials: IuV
authors.lastname: Kovalevskiĭ
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000382:microbiology; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000635:transmission; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology; D014586:USSR
vernacular_title: Pervye itogi i zadachi izucheniia bolezni Laĭma v SSSR.