LΥΜΕ DISEASE ΑΝ INTERESTING CASE (STAGE Ι)
Abstract
Lyme disease ίs an inflammatory disease with many symptoms. The causitive factor οf the disease is treponema Borrelia Burgdorferi which is transferred by a tick bite ίn the site of erythema chronicum migrans. Many cases have been reported all over the world except the South Pole. An interesting case in Greece is reported while the pathogenesis, the epidemiology, the clinical symptoms and the diagnosis οf the Lyme disease are rewίed.
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