Lyme disease
infectious disease caused by Borrelia bacteria, spread through the bite of blacklegged ticks
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Summary
Lyme disease is an infectious disease[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of infectious disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32,878 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: primary bacterial infectious disease[3], borreliosis[4], disease[5]
- Part of: borreliosis[6]
- Commons category: Borreliosis[7]
- Symptoms and signs: erythema chronicum migrans[8], fatigue[9], headache[10], arthralgia[11], myalgia[12], fasciculation[13], paresthesia[14], vertigo[15], heart arrhythmia[16], chronic neuropathic pain[17], fever[18], neuritis[19], meningitis[20], meningoencephalitis[21]
- Has cause: Borrelia burgdorferi[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lyme disease[23]
- Medical examination: western blot[24], physical examination[25], ELISA[26], lumbar puncture[27], biopsy[28]
- Commons gallery: Lyme disease[29]
- Disease transmission process: tick borne transmission[30], Ixodes pacificus[31], Ixodes scapularis[32]
- ICD-9-CM: 088.81[33]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C45161[34]
- Different from: Chronic Lyme disease[35]
- Health specialty: infectious diseases[36], dermatology[37], neurology[38], cardiology[39]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: ceftriaxone[40], cefuroxime[41], amoxicillin[42], doxycycline[43], azithromycin[44]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_11729[45], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:11729[46], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_91546[47]
Why It Matters
Lyme disease has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 93 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]