title: Pathogenesis of Lyme disease.
abstract: The etiology and pathogenesis of Lyme disease are reviewed and the value of the condition as a human model for an infectious etiology of rheumatic disease is discussed. Similarities between Lyme disease and rheumatoid arthritis are considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Malawista
mesh_terms: D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D007075:Immunoglobulin M