Lyme disease is an acute inflammatory disease characterized by skin
changes, joint inflammation and flu-like symptoms caused by the
bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi transmitted by the bite of a deer
tick. Symptoms usually resolve in 3 to 4 weeks even without
treatment, but additional problems may develop if initial infection
is not treated.
Review Date: 03/10/2011
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.
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