Lyme disease

English Etymology Named after the town of Lyme, Connecticut, USA, where a number of cases were identified in 1975. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-Lyme disease.wav US en lime disease Noun - en disease Infection by one of three or more subspecies of the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi species, which is transmitted by four species of tick in genus Ixodes genus. Symptoms include a rash followed by fever, joint pain, and headaches. en Lyme diseases cases spiked by 50 percent in Dutchess in 2017 https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/2018/08/23/lyme-diseases-cases-spiked-50-percent-dutchess-2017/1061839002/ w:Poughkeepsie Journal 23 August 2018 The number of Lyme disease cases reported in Dutchess County last year jumped by 50 percent compared to the year before, reaching the third-highest total on record in the state. https://web.archive.org/web/20210410213113/https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/2018/08/23/lyme-diseases-cases-spiked-50-percent-dutchess-2017/1061839002/ en 2025 S.E. Case Rigsby WI 1: Foothold 1 18 I wish I could get Lyme disease if it would get me out of this dance. 978-1-63899-141-0 https://rigsbywi.com/comic/comic18/ August 28, 2025 Synonyms en Lyme neuroborreliosis Derived terms en chronic Lyme disease Translations infection by bacteria of the genus Borrelia Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 萊姆病 Láimǔbìng, cmn 萊姆 láimǔ Czech: cs lymská borelióza f Danish: da Borrelia Dutch: nl lymeziekte f, nl ziekte van Lyme m Esperanto: eo Boreliozo Lyme Estonian: et Lyme'i tõbi, et Lyme'i borrelioos, et puukborrelioos Finnish: fi borrelioosi French: fr borréliose f, fr maladie de Lyme f German: de Lyme-Borreliose f, de Lyme-Krankheit f Hungarian: hu Lyme-kór Japanese: ja ライム病 Raimu-byō Polish: pl borelioza f, pl choroba z Lyme f Portuguese: pt doença de Lyme f Russian: ru боле́знь Ла́йма f Spanish: es enfermedad de Lyme f Swedish: sv borrelia Thai: th โรคไลม์ Turkish: tr Lyme hastalığı See also Ixodes ricinus species (sheep tick, castor bean tick, of western Eurasia). Ixodes persulcatus species (taiga tick, of China) Ixodes scapularis species (black-legged tick, deer tick, of eastern North America) Ixodes pacificus species (western black-legged tick, of western North America) Peromyscus leucopus species (white-footed mouse) Further reading en pleonastic compound nouns terms derived from toponyms en Bacterial diseases Tick-borne diseases