title: Lyme disease surveillance in England and Wales, 1986 1998.
abstract: Improved surveillance indicates that Lyme borreliosis, an emerging zoonosis in the United Kingdom, has increased from 0.06/100,000 during 1986-1992 to 0.32/100,000 since 1996. Case reports peaked in the third quarter of each year. Several high-incidence localities were identified. Erythema migrans was reported in 41% of patients; arthritis in 4%; musculoskeletal symptoms in 18%; and neuroborreliosis in 15%.
authors.affiliation: PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: O'Connell
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Palmer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018563:Disease Notification; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D015787:Erythema Chronicum Migrans / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial