Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases. Hematologic diseases and diseases of the lymphatic system collectively. Hemic diseases include disorders involving the formed elements (e.g., ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION, INTRAVASCULAR) and chemical components (e.g., BLOOD PROTEIN DISORDERS); lymphatic diseases include disorders relating to lymph, lymph nodes, and lymphocytes. . 1.00
Lyme Disease. B. burgdorferi Infection . Borrelia burgdorferi Infection . Lyme Arthritis . Arthritis, Lyme . B. burgdorferi Infections . Borrelia burgdorferi Infections . Borreliosis, Lyme . Disease, Lyme . Lyme Borreliosis . An infectious disease caused by a spirochete, BORRELIA BURGDORFERI, which is transmitted chiefly by Ixodes dammini (see IXODES) and pacificus ticks in the United States and Ixodes ricinis (see IXODES) in Europe. It is a disease with early and late cutaneous manifestations plus involvement of the nervous system, heart, eye, and joints in variable combinations. The disease was formerly known as Lyme arthritis and first discovered at Old Lyme, Connecticut. . 0.62