title: Incidence patterns of lyme disease and cutaneous B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the United States.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Several reports have suggested a link between infection with Borrelia burgdorferi (the spirochete causing Lyme disease) and development of cutaneous B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (CBCL).
  
  
  METHODS
  We did a correlation analysis of CBCL and Lyme disease using data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results program and from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We could not demonstrate a geographic correlation between incidence rates of Lyme disease and CBCL.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This observation suggests that infection with B. burgdorferi is not a major risk factor for CBCL in the USA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology Research, Danish Epidemiology Science Center, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark. lmu@ssi.dk
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Munksgaard
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frisch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Melbye
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hjalgrim
mesh_terms: D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology