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Review
. 2014 Dec;35(12):500-9.
doi: 10.1542/pir.35-12-500.

Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)

Eugene D Shapiro  1
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Review

Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease)

Eugene D Shapiro. Pediatr Rev. 2014 Dec.
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Figure 1.
Reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States, 2012
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Figure 2.
Life cycle of Ixodes scapularis.
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Figure 3.
Ixodes scapularis. From left to right: adult female, adult male, nymph, and larva. The scale is in centimeters.
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Figure 4.
Erythema migrans.
Figure 5.
Figure 5.
Erythema migrans (bull’s-eye appearance).
Figure 6.
Figure 6.
Multiple erythema migrans.
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