Surveillance for Lyme disease -- United States, 1992-1998.
Problem/Condition: Lyme disease is caused by infection with the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi and is the most commonly reported vectorborne disease in the United States. Borrelia burgdorferi is transmitted to humans by infected Ixodes scapularis and I. pacificus ticks. Lyme disease is typically ev...
| Publicado en: | MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Vol. 49; no. 16; pp. 1 - 12 |
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| Formato: | statistics tables/charts Journal Article |
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Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
4/28/2000
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