莱姆病是在北半球最常见的蜱传播感染疾病,唯一的病原体是伯氏疏螺旋体Borrelia burgdorferi。而在欧洲,这种疾病可由B.afzelii,B.garinii,Borrelia burgdorferi和其他种包柔氏螺旋体引起。本文是一篇关于“慢性莱姆病”的全面评论性的综述。作者认为,这种疾病被用来描述一些假定由感染引起的医学上无法解释的一系列症 Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne infectious disease in the northern hemisphere. The only pathogen is Borrelia burgdorferi. In Europe, however, the disease is caused by B. afzelii, B. garinii, Borrelia burgdorferi and others. This article is a comprehensive, commentary review of Chronic Lyme Disease. The authors argue that the disease is being used to describe a number of medically unexplained series of diseases presumed to be caused by infection