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Lyme disease in children.

Henry M HM Feder

Infect Dis Clin North Am 22(2):315-26, vii (2008) PMID 18452804

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.

DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2007.12.007
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