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Named after the town of Lyme, Connecticut, USA, where a number of cases were identified in 1975.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lyme disease
Today it means: Infection by one of three or more subspecies of the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted by four species of tick in genus Ixodes. Symptoms include a rash followed by fever, joint pain, and headaches. Full definition →