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Introduction
In the early 1970s, a mysterious clustering of arthritis cases
occurred among children in Lyme, Connecticut, and surrounding
towns. Medical researchers soon recognized the illness as a distinct
disease, which they called Lyme disease. They subsequently described
the clinical features of Lyme disease, established the usefulness
of antibiotic therapy in its treatment, identified the deer tick
as the key to its spread, and isolated the bacterium that caused
it.
Lyme disease is still mistaken for other ailments, and it continues
to pose many other challenges: it can be difficult to diagnose
because of the inadequacies of today's laboratory tests, and it
can be troublesome to treat in its later phases. Development of
a vaccine to prevent Lyme disease is underway.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Public
Health Service, conducts and supports biomedical research aimed
at meeting the challenges of Lyme disease. This brochure presents
the most recently available information on the diagnosis, treatment,
and prevention of Lyme disease.
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Last Updated February 25, 1999 (kap)
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