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===Symptoms and Origin of Lyme disease=== | ===Symptoms and Origin of Lyme disease=== | ||
Lyme disease is caused by the bacterial spirochete ''Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato''. It is an inflammatory disorder that usually begins with skin lesions known as erythema chronicum migrands (ECM)<ref name ="sbu">http://www.jstor.org/stable/1689391</ref>. | Lyme disease is caused by the bacterial spirochete ''Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato''. It is an inflammatory disorder that usually begins with skin lesions known as erythema chronicum migrands (ECM)<ref name ="sbu">http://www.jstor.org/stable/1689391</ref>. Months later the skin lesion can be followed by cardiac or neurological symptoms, migratory polyarthritis, oligoarticular arthritis, and chronic arthritis in the knees<ref name="sbu" />. The disease was first recognized as a new form of inflammatory arthritis in Lyme, Conneticuit in 1975. Since then, the disease has been reported from many other parts of the United States<ref name="sbu" />. | ||
===Outer Surface Proteins=== | ===Outer Surface Proteins=== | ||
