Lyme disease in children.
This article reviews pediatric Lyme disease in the United States. The agent of Lyme disease includes three pathogenic species (Borrelia burgdorferi, B afzelii, and B garinii), but only B. burgdorferi strains are found in the United States. The article's discussion is limited to the single species B burgdorferi.
Feder
Henry M
HM
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA. feder@nso2.uchc.edu
D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D015787:Erythema Chronicum Migrans / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy; D020852:Lyme Neuroborreliosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D013987:Ticks