Feder Henry M
University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2008 Jun;22(2):315-26, vii. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2007.12.007.
This article reviews pediatric Lyme disease in the United States. The agent of Lyme disease includes three pathogenic species (Borrelia burgdorferi, B afzelii, and B garinii), but only B. burgdorferi strains are found in the United States. The article's discussion is limited to the single species B burgdorferi.
本文回顾了美国的儿童莱姆病。莱姆病的病原体包括三种致病物种(伯氏疏螺旋体、阿氏疏螺旋体和伽氏疏螺旋体),但在美国仅发现伯氏疏螺旋体菌株。本文的讨论仅限于单一物种伯氏疏螺旋体。