STATUS UPDATE ON THE PROBLEM OF IXODIC LYME DISEASE

• Main Authors: Y. D. Yankovwskaya, T. Y. Chernobrovkina, M. I. Koshkin
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: SINAPS LLC 2015-12-01
• Series: Arhivʺ Vnutrennej Mediciny
• Subjects: ixodic lime disease; b. miyamotoi; erythema migrans; ixodic lyme disease preventive measures
• Online Access: https://www.medarhive.ru/jour/article/view/469

An article aims to generalize data on Lyme disease’s natural nidality and it’s causative agents ecology, spectrum of carriers and reservoir hosts, mechanisms and routes. Clinical aspects, diagnosis, core principles of Borrelia diseases treatment are discussed in the paper. Once “tick-born disease” activator found in the mite’s body, the study describes immediate preventive measures with the usage of medication. Borrelia miyamotoi is been studied over the last years, as well as pathogenic diseases caused by it. Full Ixodic Lyme Disease diagnosis includes dynamic study of IgM and IgG antibodies, Immunochip and PCR. The article shows case history of a patient with erythematous Lyme disease and full disease’s management.