Lyme disease

infectious disease caused by Borrelia bacteria, spread through the bite of blacklegged ticks
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Lyme disease
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Lyme disease

Summary

Lyme disease is an infectious disease[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of infectious_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,144 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lyme disease's instance of is recorded as infectious disease[3].
  • Lyme disease is a type of primary bacterial infectious disease[4].
  • Lyme disease is a type of borreliosis[5].
  • Lyme disease is a type of disease[6].
  • Lyme disease is part of borreliosis[7].
  • Lyme disease's Commons category is recorded as Borreliosis[8].
  • Lyme disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as erythema chronicum migrans[9].
  • Lyme disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as fatigue[10].
  • Lyme disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as headache[11].
  • Lyme disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as arthralgia[12].
  • Lyme disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as myalgia[13].
  • Lyme disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as fasciculation[14].
  • Lyme disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as paresthesia[15].
  • Lyme disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as vertigo[16].
  • Lyme disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as heart arrhythmia[17].
  • Lyme disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as chronic neuropathic pain[18].
  • Lyme disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as fever[19].
  • Lyme disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as neuritis[20].
  • Lyme disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as meningitis[21].
  • Lyme disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as meningoencephalitis[22].
  • Lyme disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as myocarditis[23].
  • Lyme disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as arthritis[24].
  • Lyme disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as encephalomyelitis[25].
  • Lyme disease's symptoms and signs is recorded as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy[26].
  • Lyme disease's has cause is recorded as Borrelia burgdorferi[27].

Why It Matters

Lyme disease ranks in the top 1% of infectious_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,144 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] . WikiSkripta. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . WikiSkripta. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . WikiSkripta. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . WikiSkripta. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . WikiSkripta. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . WikiSkripta. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . WikiSkripta. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . WikiSkripta. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . WikiSkripta. wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Disease transmission process tick borne transmission, Ixodes pacificus, Ixodes scapularis
    Symptoms and signs erythema chronicum migrans, fatigue, headache +15
    Has cause Borrelia burgdorferi
    Instance of infectious disease
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|18 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 13975, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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