English

Proper noun

Lyme disease

1. (pathology) Infection by one of three or more subspecies of the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted by four species of tick in genus Ixodes. Symptoms include a rash followed by fever, joint pain, and headaches.

Synonyms

• Lyme neuroborreliosis

Derived terms

• chronic Lyme disease

Translations

See also

• Ixodes ricinus (sheep tick, castor bean tick, of Europe).
• Ixodes persulcatus (taiga tick, of China)
• Ixodes scapularis (black-legged tick, deer tick, of eastern North America)
• Ixodes pacificus (western black-legged tick, of western North America)