Pathogenesis of Lyme disease

Rheumatol Int. 1989;9(3-5):233-5. doi: 10.1007/BF00271887.

Abstract

The etiology and pathogenesis of Lyme disease are reviewed and the value of the condition as a human model for an infectious etiology of rheumatic disease is discussed. Similarities between Lyme disease and rheumatoid arthritis are considered.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Arthritis, Infectious / etiology*
  • Arthritis, Infectious / immunology
  • Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / etiology
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / immunology
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / microbiology
  • Borrelia burgdorferi Group / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin M / analysis
  • Lyme Disease / etiology*
  • Lyme Disease / immunology
  • Lyme Disease / microbiology
  • Models, Biological
  • Synovial Fluid / immunology
  • Synovial Fluid / microbiology

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin M