[Outline of Lyme borreliosis in Brazil]

Rev Hosp Clin Fac Med Sao Paulo. 1997 Mar-Apr;52(2):111-7.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

Since 1989, we have identified 25 patients with Lyme disease, 15 in early and 10 in latent stage, supporting its existence in Brazil, according to following reasons: 1) presence of clinical manifestations compatible with Lyme disease, with cutaneous, articular, nervous system and rarely cardiac envolvement; 2) presence of antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi; 3) follow up of acute cases show sorologycal changes; 4) good antibiotic response at early stage of disease and only satisfactory in latent form; 5) mapping of risk areas, according to geographycal distribution of patients; 6) presence and identification of Ixodid ticks; 7) identification of micro-organism like borrelias in human, wild animals and ticks cultures, seen by dark field microscope; 8) sorology done in dogs and oxes, confirm existence of risk areas for Lyme disease.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Borrelia burgdorferi Group / isolation & purification
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Insect Vectors*
  • Lyme Disease / complications
  • Lyme Disease / diagnosis
  • Lyme Disease / drug therapy
  • Lyme Disease / epidemiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Ticks / microbiology*