title: The prevalence of Lyme disease in a nonendemic area. A comparative serologic study in a south Florida eye clinic population.
abstract: Serologic tests for Lyme borreliosis and for syphilis were performed on 75 patients seen in a 1-week period at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami. The incident of syphilis was 8% and of Lyme borreliosis 3% in this study in a nonendemic area. The most common cause for a high titer serologic response for Lyme borreliosis in this group was a prior Treponema pallidum infection. The importance of getting VDRL, FTA-ABS, Lyme IFA, and Lyme ELISA tests in all suspected cases was emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Parsons
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Paris-Hamelin
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Porschen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012698:Serologic Tests; D013587:Syphilis / Q000453:epidemiology; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M