作者: C L Williams , A S Curran , A C Lee , V O Sousa
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.76.1.62
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摘要: Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 210 cases Lyme disease in Westchester County, New York, reported during 1982 1983 are described. Most occurred summer months individuals under age 40 (male: female ratio 1:2 to 1). Symptoms included skin rash (75 per cent), joint pain or swelling (50 Bell's palsy (11 aseptic meningitis (3 cent). With greater public medical awareness this tick-borne disease, is being recognized with increasing frequency characteristic an emerging epidemic County.