title: Was it authentic Lyme disease or some other disorder?
abstract: We compared the evidence presented recently that challenges the long-standing belief that, in 1922, two French physicians reported the first case of neurological Lyme disease with a further analysis of the original findings that were translated and re-published in 1993. Alternative possibilities are offered that could explain these discrepant interpretations on what was considered to be a landmark clinical case of historical significance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences, New York Institute of Technology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, USA.
authors.forename: Charles S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Pavia
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Specialties, New York Institute of Technology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY 11568, USA.
authors.forename: Maria M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Plummer
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; STARI; neuro Lyme