Lyme disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Lyme disease, or a subtype of Lyme disease,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Types of Lyme disease:
Broader types of Lyme disease:
Incidence (annual) of Lyme disease: estimated 100,000 cases annually (NIAID/USA)
Incidence Rate of Lyme disease: approx 1 in 2,719 or 0.04% or 100,000 people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Lyme disease:
In 1999, 16,273 cases of Lyme disease were
reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (Source: excerpt from CDC Lyme Disease Home Page: DVBID)
Incidence of Lyme disease: Approximately 12,500 new cases were
diagnosed in 1997. (Source: excerpt from Stories of Discovery Lyme Disease Vaccine Preventing an Emerging Disease: NIAID)
Geography Profile for Lyme disease: The number of reported cases of Lyme disease, as well as the number of geographic areas in which it is found, has been increasing. Lyme disease has been reported in nearly all states in this country, although most cases are concentrated in the coastal northeast, mid-Atlantic states, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and northern California. Lyme disease is endemic in large areas of Asia and Europe. (Source: excerpt from Lyme Disease - The Facts, The Challenge: NIAID)
Prognosis of Lyme disease: For early cases, prompt treatment is usually curative. However, the severity and treatment of Lyme disease may be complicated due to late diagnosis, failure of antibiotic treatment, and simultaneous infection with other tick-borne diseases (co-infections) including ehrlichiosis, babesiosis, and bartonella, and immune suppression in the patient.
Complications of Lyme disease:
see complications of Lyme disease
Prognosis of Lyme disease:
Most
individuals with Lyme disease respond well to antibiotics and have full
recovery. In a few patients symptoms of persisting infection may continue
or recur, requiring additional antibiotic treatment. Varying degrees of
permanent joint or nervous system damage may develop in patients with late
chronic Lyme disease. In rare cases, death may occur.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Neurological Sequelae Of Lyme Disease Information Page: NINDS)
Causes of Lyme disease: see causes of Lyme disease
Cause of Lyme disease: Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria usually spread by deer ticks.
Risk factors for Lyme disease:
see
risk factors for Lyme disease
Symptoms of Lyme disease: see symptoms of Lyme disease
Complications of Lyme disease: see complications of Lyme disease
Incubation period for Lyme disease: usually 7-10 days after tick bite; up to 4 weeks after tick bite.
Incubation period for Lyme disease: The incubation period from infection to onset of erythema migrans is typically 7 to 14 days but may be as short as 3 days and as long as 30 days. (Source: excerpt from Lyme Diagnosis: DVBID)
Onset of Lyme disease: 3 days to a month.
Seasonality of Lyme disease: Lyme disease is most common during the late spring and summer months in the U.S. (May through August) when nymphal ticks are most active and human populations are frequently outdoors and most exposed. (Source: excerpt from Questions and Answers About Lyme Disease: DVBID)
More information:
see contagiousness of Lyme disease
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Lyme disease
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Lyme disease.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Lyme disease.
Treatments for Lyme disease:
see treatments for Lyme disease
Prevention of Lyme disease:
see prevention of Lyme disease
Research for Lyme disease:
see research for Lyme disease
Costs of Lyme disease: estimated $60 million a year (NIAID)
Costs of Lyme disease: Treatment of
early-stage Lyme disease alone costs an estimated $60 million a year in
the United States. (Source: excerpt from Stories of Discovery Lyme Disease Vaccine Preventing an Emerging Disease: NIAID)
Main name of condition: Lyme disease
Class of Condition for Lyme disease: bacterial, autoimmune possibly, parasite insect
Steere's disease, Borrelia burgdorferi
Source - Diseases Database
Lyme disease, Lyme arthritis
Source - WordNet 2.1
Borreliosis, Borrelia Infections, Lyme Borreliosis
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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